Multimillionaires Complain About Building Park For Fans

If you’re going to complain about something about the Phillies new stadium, complain about the distance between the subway and the stadium (45 light-years) or the attempted murder in the parking lot.

But, please, umpires, don’t whine about how hard it is to ump in Philly:

“It takes 3 or 4 minutes to give the ground rules the first night at home plate,” he told the Rocky Mountain News. “This is a tough park. All the way around the outfield you can have spectator interference and then the foul poles are a joke the way they’re marked. It’s a really a tough ballpark for umpires, but I guess it’s ‘quote-unquote’ fan-friendly.”

“Oh, wah, wah, umpiring is so hard, what ever shall I do when the foul poles are not marked correctly!” Eric Gregg is rolling around in his grave hearing this talk. He may have had a strike zone the size of Citizens Bank Park, but at least he didn’t whine.

Who’ll manage to stick around? [Daily News]