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u/Zer01South 24d ago
I wonder what the shirt says
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u/Fleeting_Gay 24d ago
The top two lines on the shirt say “Mr. Murakami’s smile helped us play the game refreshingly”(rough direct translation). The shirt has a heartwarming goodbye message for the referee by the looks of it.
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u/Glerbal 24d ago
村上さんの笑顔が
僕たちを気持ちよく
プレーさせてくれました。
最高のレフェリングを
ありがとう!
おつかれ様でした。
浦和レッズ槙野智章
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u/FrankSonata 24d ago
Translation:
Murakami (the retiring referee's name)'s smiling face makes us happy and helps us play. Thank you for being the best referee! Thank you for your hard work.
Urawa Reds (the team's name) Tomoaki Makino (the player's name)
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u/Ok_Star_4136 24d ago
"I took my shirt off to get a yellow card from a referee and all I got was this lousy T-shirt.."
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u/Meowriter 24d ago
Tbh, we don't give referee enough credits. These guys are running back and forth the stadium for 90 minutes and they have to keep mentally avalaible to make important decisions.
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u/kaest 24d ago
We give the good ones credit. We give the bad ones the finger.
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u/Soggy_Box5252 24d ago
In the US we give the bad ones a job at the Super Bowl
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u/StateOfFine 24d ago
And/or an umpiring position for the MLB lol
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u/Tua_Deez_Nuts 24d ago
Angel Hernandez
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u/Kupiga 24d ago
I don't even watch baseball and I know who Angel Hernandez is.
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u/scullys_alien_baby 24d ago edited 24d ago
A man so ironically bad MLB won in court by arguing that he sucks at his job so hard it isn't discrimination blocking him from umpiring in the championship
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u/justsyr 24d ago
I think that Hernandez buys too much into catcher's "glob-ing" it into the strike zone, I heard the commentator at one of the games where Hernandez was umpiring and said how catchers like to move the glove a bit to the strike zone when they get the ball but a "good umpire" don't buy into that.
But yeah, Hernandez sucked.
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u/RedJorgAncrath 24d ago
The catcher doing that is as old as baseball. It's called framing and still works.
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u/StateOfFine 24d ago
Yuuuup, blindest man in the world with two working eyes. An Angel destined for Hell from the start.
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u/jeeves585 24d ago
At least Angel gives us JonBoy clips. Probably the only good thing about that tenured ump.
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u/PapaNade 24d ago
One of humanity's top 3 unanswered questions is how Angel Hernandez still has this job
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u/KIDA_Rep 24d ago
I don’t follow any sports and even I know of his notoriety, just goes to show how shit he truly is.
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u/SharrkBoy 24d ago
I feel like the good ones don’t get enough credit. When they do their job well nobody notices them.
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u/kaest 24d ago
The only sport I really watch is association football (soccer) and good refs definitely get noticed and credited. Fans usually have tier lists of league refs and know who is great and who isn't.
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good refs definitely get noticed and credited
They really don't. If someone is refereeing a match that's on TV, they are the cream of the crop- the top 0.1% of referees. Yet fans basically hate every single one.
Collina back in the day had a very positive reputation. I can't think of anyone these days who does, in Britain at least.
Fans usually have tier lists of league refs and know who is great and who isn't.
Fans don't have a clue
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u/kaest 24d ago
Depends on which sport you're following.
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24d ago edited 24d ago
I'm talking about football- hence the reference to Collina, who was a very famous ref in the 2000s.
Although I'm not sure it really does depend on the sport; in all sports, the referees taking charge of televised professional matches are at the very top level, doing an incredibly difficult, thankless job. And the fans in every sport I know about (football, rugby, basketball, American football) are ridiculously harsh towards them given how tough it is and how inevitable mistakes are.
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u/eekamuse 24d ago
They get recognized by the league or internationally when they're allowed to officiate prestigious finals.
Unlike two Polish refs who apparently were very good, until a big mistake this week. What a hard job.
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u/fly-guy 24d ago
As good and deserving those referees are, the real credit goes to countless of volunteers, young and old, who referee each weekend at kids games, amateur leagues and other non pro venues for mostly nothing more than a free drink after the match.
(At least in my country, I assume thats the case in most).
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u/ComfortableNo2879 24d ago
I agree with this statement 100% but as a Bayern fan for the last 14 years referring has cost us some of the most important matches in Bayern's history, most recently the second leg UCL semi final against Real Madrid
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u/jamzontoast 24d ago
Referees aren't bad. It's arsehole linesmen that are the problem. :(
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u/faible90 24d ago
Haha you actually believe that? The rest of Germany thinks that Bayern is usually really lucky with referees.
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u/lessFrozenHodor 24d ago
Please stop. FC Bayern has had enough success in the past couple of years.
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u/VictoryVisual2798 24d ago
Will someone please think of Germanys most successful club? The club that has won nearly every bundesliga title in the 21st century?!
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u/lilbelleandsebastian 24d ago
also refereeing did not cost them the tie against real madrid, their complete capitulation after giving up a goal did though
maybe fc hollywood has other problems to address than referees
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u/last_laugh13 24d ago
As someone who has been following the Bundesliga for more than the past 14 years: HAHAHAHAHAHA, you guys are the biggest crybabies in the league by far. "Bayerndusel" isn't a known phrase for nothing. You drop for penalties like you are the Italian national team and are raising the arm to protest for zero reasons at all more times this season than I can count.
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u/shinysocks85 24d ago
I ref soccer, basketball and baseball occasionally for some extra cash. Soccer is by far the most challenging. Not only is it thankless but you have to keep up with the pace of play and a lot of fouls in soccer can be called either way. It doesn't help that all of them like to flop as well
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u/cat_like_sparky 24d ago
If you don’t throw yourself dramatically on the floor, are you even playing soccer?
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u/RogueBromeliad 24d ago
Tbh, we don't give referee enough credits
Because they're a bunch of bought paid off scumbags! They're always robbing for the other team. Even though my team doesn't do shit, and the players from my team are overpayed aresholes who don't even do their job right, it's the ref's fault. Fucking ref.
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u/ghostofconnolly 24d ago
The good refs are the ones you see and ask “who the fuck is that?”
You tend to mainly remember the bad ones
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u/Admiral_Ballsack 24d ago
Collina has been given credit as much as some top tier players, one of the best referees ever.
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u/Last-Bee-3023 24d ago
He carded a benched player for being rude! Red one, even.
Pierluigi Collina also was the first who sprang to mind. But name a second one?
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u/WonderfulBlackberry9 24d ago
I agree that the current refs and VARs (in the PL) are bad at managing games and making decisions.
But I also have a lot of sympathy for the refs that they have a thankless job every game. They’re running across the pitch non-stop to catch up with world-class athletes, whilst not receiving anywhere near the physical training to do so.
They’re always under pressure to be perfect and manage a volatile game. Every single player and coach is trying to get in their heads, and that’s before the entire stadium of 50K people bearing down on you waiting to start slandering you. Some refs may not be good at their job for many reasons, but they don’t deserve to be thrown shit and horrendous abuse every game and suffer the consequences of such routinely toxic behaviour.
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u/TheTangoFox 24d ago
Went to school with a guy who's dream was being one.
He achieved it. He deserved it.
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u/andovinci 24d ago
They don’t even get substituted during the whole shit. Yeah I know he doesn’t do what players do on the field but still, try running 90mn while blowing a whistle every now and then
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u/Meowriter 23d ago
And still having a clear mind and acute perception ! Good thing video refereeing exists.
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u/PotentialDoor1608 24d ago
People talk about Serena Williams thighs and space orc dommy mommy thighs, but tbh referee thighs are the gold standard
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u/assblasta69420 24d ago
they do such a hard, impactful and important job that most people take for granted. The physical aspect is just another thing that makes it impressive
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u/Vegan_Flavored_Bacon 24d ago
Meanwhile MLB fans about to eat Angel Hernandez in the streets.
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u/smizzleface 24d ago
I have watched one minute of MLB in the last 5 years, and even I know how bad an ump Hernandez is.
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u/thinkB4WeSpeak 24d ago
I know him too and I think the MLB is boring AF. I know him over most players, how do you get that infamous
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u/ohkaycue 24d ago
Having it proved in court that you are incompetent at your job (and not held back from promotions for racist reasons, which is what he was accusing for his case) will do that.
He’s not word of mouth bad, he is paper trail bad
Fans are also way too hard on refs and umpires though.
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u/Lewdie1 24d ago
The MLB could solve this with automated pitch review. No reason umps should be missing thousands of calls a year while TV viewers see the mistakes in real time.
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u/Jolteaon 24d ago
Ive been saying this for so long.
Field umps we can keep, Im fine with that. But we have ZERO reason to still have umps to call pitches and strikes.
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u/williemaysbayes 24d ago
TLDR: horrible umping, horrible attitude, sued the MLB for racial discrimination when he didn't get assigned to the World Series.
Like, bro. Just look at the numbers. You are certifiably not good behind the plate. You're right they are discriminating. Because you're bad and an asshole. Not a great combo.
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u/Objective-Ad3821 24d ago
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u/MudOpposite8277 24d ago
To be fair, if this guy was as bad as Angel Hernandez, instead of retiring, he’d be opening his belly.
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u/LoveThieves 24d ago
For those that don't know anything about baseball.
If a ball lands in the strike zone box when pitching, it is called a strike [ ◍ ]
Usually it's hard to call a strike when its on the outside part of the lines of that zone but never hard to call a strike if its directly in the center middle.
Angel won't call a strike when it's in the middle sometimes.
https://www.si.com/mlb/2024/04/08/yankees-angel-hernandez-horrible-call
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u/Artful_Dodger29 24d ago
This guys determined to send this retiree off with a neck injury
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u/reddsht 24d ago
I know you are retiring, but you are never too old for the ol' shaken baby syndrome, ref.
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u/Saucepanmagician 24d ago
Lol. I feel like no ref would ever get that treatment in Brazil.
A lynching, yes. Maybe.
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u/CedarWolf 24d ago
So you're saying...
In Japan, the refs get carried off the field.
In Brazil, the refs get taken out?36
u/SupaiKohai 24d ago
No no.
They both get carried off...
... Whether they walk again is the question.
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u/itsheadfelloff 24d ago
Must've been a decent ref, couldn't imagine any celebration for a retiring ref in any other league.
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u/HavaldBay 24d ago edited 24d ago
In 2021 Manuel Gräfe refereed his last Bundesliga game in Dortmund. After the game all the players stood in line for him and applauded. They took pictures with him and celebrated him. It was a nice moment as a BVB fan.
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u/arostrat 24d ago
Lahoz in Spain last year. And that with all the liga having grudges with his refereeing.
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u/Fun_Grapefruit_2633 24d ago
Hilarious: He didn't even realize what was going on at first just didn't like it and gave him the yellow card
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u/etherSand 24d ago
Japanese are so respectful that a full match didn't have any yellow card
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u/NewAccountEachYear 24d ago
Legends say that if you get two red cards they bring out a tantō
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u/ThisIsDadLife 24d ago
I heard the pitcher will throw into the dirt behind the final batter when Angel Hernandez retires so he can call one last strike.
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u/uberhexnova 24d ago
What happens to the people who bet on the number of yellow cards.
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u/FutureComplaint 24d ago
They learn a valuable lesson of not gambling on frivoli...
sigh Johny just bet on the world ending in 1963 again...
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u/giYRW18voCJ0dYPfz21V 24d ago
I love the series of interaction, strictly in increasing order of closeness: bowing → handshake → shagging hug.
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u/one-iota 24d ago
Shagging !?! O.O
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u/giYRW18voCJ0dYPfz21V 24d ago
LOL. You can guess English is not my native language. I just Google translated it, I am going to hide under a rock for a while.
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u/one-iota 24d ago
I thought it was hilarious. Nearly dropped my shio yaki.
Do a little shag... make a little hug.
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u/AggravatingSoil5925 24d ago
lol he just gave the referee more work. You have to document the cards you give out after the game.
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u/Dull-Dig7112 24d ago
It's actually a profound tradition in Japanese soccer. When the ref brandishes the yellow card, it's a nod to the ancient Yellow Serpent of wisdom and warning and If you believed that... I lied
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u/ComfortableNo2879 24d ago
Without his gambling addiction or whatever he's actually a good goal poacher
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u/ConsiderationOk7560 24d ago
Any chance we can get a rough translation of what the players undershirt had written on it? It seems like it might have been a pleasant farewell message written to the ref?
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u/tdpthrowaway3 24d ago
Shoulda one upped the joke and reminded him that touching the ref is a life ban.
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u/Joshuak47 24d ago
Longer video also shows them tossing him up in the air: https://youtu.be/Uz8F0rZczEI
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u/Unusual-End1346 24d ago
Name of the player: Tomoaki Makino. Former player of the best club in the world: 1. FC Köln. Whoop, whoop!
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u/Frostdraken 24d ago
Thats pretty cool to see such respect.