Talk:Ron Kulpa

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World Series Controversy[edit]

If you'd like to add information about his strike zone in game 4, find a reliable source. Otherwise, it does not belong. Wikipedia is not a place to vent/blame others when your team loses a game. Sorry. NS39340 (talk) 04:32, 24 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

- The Umpire Ejection Fantasy League has been tracking strike zone accuracy throughout the 2011 playoffs. Kulpa's Game 4 strike zone was 95.6% accurate, making him the fourth most accurate umpire in the entire 2011 postseason (fourth out of 31 unique umpires, 5th most accurate performance out of 35 individual games). If you are curious as to the team most negatively affected by Kulpa's misses during Game 4, Texas had five calls go against them, St. Louis had two. If anything, beneficial for St. Louis, not against them. RefereeOrganist (talk) 04:46, 24 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Just wondering why the sentence with the final score was deleted. I think the score adds significant perspective to the controversy, in that even though a poor call may have led to four runs, the game was decided by a margin of nine. 98.212.193.165 (talk) 00:23, 25 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

World Series Plate Call NPOV Dispute[edit]

I have added POV tags for the section which reads, "The next night Kulpa was behind the plate, and many thought he had a generous strike zone. Assumptions had been made that this was because of the blown call the night before." The source is confined to an editorial by a St. Louis Cardinals fan and as alluded to above, is factually inaccurate and confined to this one St. Louis opinion as a source. This opinion-centric statement pointedly lacks neutrality. RefereeOrganist (talk) 09:30, 26 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Dispute resolved, offending section was deleted by IP user who posted the offending material RefereeOrganist (talk) 02:59, 31 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Can I add Kulpa's interaction with David Ortiz and John Farrell under Controversies? NoCalledThirdStrike — Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.250.7.224 (talk) 03:08, 7 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

David Ortiz Controversy[edit]

There seems to be an issue on the article as to whether this is "alleged" or not. I have added in that his missed calls and how low the final pitch were are based on ESPN's statistics - however, adding "alleged", or "according to ESPN" after every fact is not effective, and negates from the point entirely - at the same time, however, it is important to note that this is according to one (verified and legitimate) source. Garchy (talk) 14:33, 9 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

The information about the ESPN statistics (notably how many calls were outside of the strike zone and the final strike call on David Ortiz) is pertinent to this article because it provides background info on this specific incident. This paragraph has been reworded, is relevant to the article (controversies about this umpire), and has a notable source attributed. @RefereeOrganist:: if you have an issue with these edits it should be addressed on the talk page instead of reverting the changes for a second time. Garchy (talk) 19:57, 24 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

There are two sentences regarding the strike three call, both of which state the pitch was located out of the strike zone. This is redundant, while the claim of cumulative missed calls—which is scientifically dubious—is statistically unreliable and goes against precedent set on all other MLB umpire pages in which such information is not generally posted. I know you're a Red Sox fan, but for the sake of objectivity, let this one go. The umpire pages do not generally publish the information you are trying to post. RefereeOrganist (talk) 20:16, 24 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

For the sake of objectivity you may want to check out my other edits on this page, which maintain neutrality and objectivity. Your edits beforehand appeared more about censoring and ownership (your edit summary here [1]) than maintaining objectivity, the goal is keeping the information accurate and concise while also addressing the criticism and critique that comes with a "Controversies" section. Your new wording seems to do that, but don't mistake my edits and concerns about your revisions as having anything to do with being a Red Sox fan - although I of course have a personal opinion in the matter, my years of baseball watching have taught me it's best to put personal feelings aside! Garchy (talk) 00:36, 25 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Randall Delgado[edit]

Hello. I think this article should mention Kulpa ejecting Diamondbacks reliever Randall Delgado from a game for intentionally drilling Andrew McCutchen, but the only source I have of it being Kulpa is a YouTube video. Any tips? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.78.132.188 (talk) 05:04, 3 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

It was definitely Kulpa. I remember the incident fairly well, and I don't think it rises to the level of being mentioned in Kulpa's article, although it might warrant mention in Delgado's article. Lepricavark (talk) 18:37, 3 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Texas Rangers[edit]

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change ((Texas Rangers)) to ((Texas Rangers (baseball)|Texas Rangers))

Done – Þjarkur (talk) 14:11, 4 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]