A forgettable fall for umpires rolled on Thursday night with two more blown calls, these in the late innings of Game 2 of the World Series.
If you’re still in the mood to think about baseball and haven’t read Rebecca’s article on leverage , I’d suggest you give it a look. She makes the case that we’ve been making here forever. When the game is on the line, you want your best guy out there. If he then can’t pitch the ninth, well, then that sucks, but if your lesser relievers blow the game then the ninth won’t matter (or, in the case of last night, won’t happen). It’s unorthodox by baseball standards, so it’s just a thought at this p
On October 23, 1996, the New York Yankees come back from a 6-0 deficit to win Game Four of the World Series, 8-6, over the Atlanta Braves. Jim Leyritz ties the game with a dramatic home run in the eighth inning against Mark Wohlers. The Yankees then score two runs in the 10th inning to win. On October 23, 1993, Joe Carter of the Toronto Blue Jays hits a dramatic three-run homer against Mitch Williams of the Philadelphia Phillies to end the World Series. Carter’s blow, which comes in the ninth
Filed Under:
Baseball NewsTagged:
10th Inning,
Atlanta Braves,
Baseball History,
Blow,
Blue Jays,
Eighth Inning,
Game,
Homer,
Jim Leyritz,
Joe Carter,
Mark Wohlers,
Mitch Williams,
New York Yankees,
Philadelphia Phillies,
Score Two,
Toronto Blue Jays,
World Series
Major League Baseball’s umpires are all over the news after a spate of, er, questionable calls throughout this postseason. Despite larger postseason umpiring crews that include two extra umps in the outfield, it feels like an inordinate number of calls have gone the wrong way. All of these gaffes have prompted renewed debate about whether baseball should start using instant replay. How could umps blow this many calls that are so obvious when viewed in slow motion? Aren’t these guys trained
Filed Under:
Baseball NewsTagged:
Baseball Umpires,
Blow,
Gaffes,
Inordinate Number,
Instant Replay,
Major League Baseball,
Outfield,
Slow Motion,
Spate,
Umps,
Wrong Way
Wasn’t so long ago the POTUS pretty much physically booted the top CEO of one of the nation’s biggest companies (GM) to take over the company for himself and the governmant. Make no mistake (yeah, I’m stealing one of his oft repeated lines) this guy is our version of Hugo Chavez. American Thinker has been following very closely and digging into this Rush Limbaugh/NFL blow-out. Have a look at what they have found. People, I told you. We are in serious trouble here . Two VERY important
Filed Under:
Baseball NewsTagged:
American Thinker,
Blow,
Ceo,
Gm,
Hugo Chavez,
Insider,
Job,
Mistake,
Nfl,
Obama,
Potus,
Rush Limbaugh,
Serious Trouble Next Page »
