2013 UEFL Awards: Fill-In Umpire of the Year: Clint Fagan (82)
Voting Results (min. 10%): Fagan (15%), Quinn Wolcott 10%.
Clint Fagan is the Umpire Ejection Fantasy League's 2013 fill-in (AAA) umpire of the year. In his third Major League Baseball fill-in umpiring season, Fagan finished 2013 with eight ejections, including a six-ejection Diamondbacks-Dodgers brawl. After Fagan's first two dismissals of the year in Ejections 057, 058 (6/2), one UEFL'er surmised, "Great call, great poise, great assistance by rest of the crew. Wonderful example of how to handle situations."
Another critiqued of Fagan, "this umpire was a bit dismissive too. He ejects Molina and then walks away. He can't even take an argument." Zac pointed out the dichotomy between yielding and confrontation: "Wait a minute. People say umpires are confrontational and should just 'walk away' after an ejection. Then they do just that, like in this situation, and you tell them they need to 'take it like a man.' Make up your damn minds."
In August, Fagan called 712 pitches over the course of an 18-inning D'Backs-Phillies game, umpiring the equivalent of nearly two-and-a-half regulation baseball games. Furthermore, Fagan set an MLB umpiring record by calling the 18th inning at 100% accuracy with 32 correct ball/strike calls. As one UEFL'er commented, "Who needs robot technology? Just clone Clint Fagan!"
Clint Fagan now has 30 points in the Umpire Ejection Fantasy League (28 Previous + 2 Award = 30).
The next postseason award, Crew Chief of the Year, will be released later today.
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