Dean Blandino
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Podcast Appearances
So you got to find that right balance.
You look at baseball with the ABS now.
That's a really hard thing to call balls and strikes for 300 pitches a game.
And we're talking about millimeters.
And that puts the umpire under intense scrutiny.
And so it has an effect, all of that replay and all of that double checking has an effect on the mentality of the person doing it.
And I think that's something that we don't talk about enough.
No question.
Look, and it's a fine line.
It's like an analyst.
It's like Tom Brady or Greg Olson.
You played the game, and now you have to criticize something, and you walk that line.
It's the same thing on the officiating side.
We get the benefit of watching it slow motion, a couple of different looks.
The on-field official looks at it once, their perspective.
They have to make a call.
But my job is I have to be β I have to give my opinion.
And if I disagree with it, I have to β
voice that.
But I think there's a way to do it without being disrespectful or throwing the official under the bus.