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Ump Mocks Joe Girardi, Asks The Yankees Manager If He Wants To Umpire
After being swept by the Tampa Bay Rays in the season-opening series, it has been a rough start to the year for the New York Yankees. So you can forgive manager Joe Girardi if he was a little testy...
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This Is The Absolute Worst Call A Baseball Umpire Has Made This Year
The Colorado Rockies defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers 8-5 Wednesday afternoon in thrilling fashion, but it didn't come without controversy.Jerry Hairston Jr. came up to bat for the Dodgers with two...
View ArticleWatch As A Minor League Umpire Ejects The PA Announcer For Playing 'Three...
Occasionally PA announcers like to have fun with their musical selection during baseball games. But one minor league umpire thought a PA announcer went too far last night when he played "Three Blind...
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This Bizarre Play Proves How Difficult It Is To Be A Baseball Umpire
Most MLB games are pretty standard, with little to throw off an umpiring crew.Then there are situations like what happened in the bottom of the seventh inning of Sunday's game between the Miami Marlins...
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Some Believe Umpire Angel Hernandez Intentionally Screwed Up The...
Earlier this week, many wondered how the umpires could have screwed up a replay that clearly showed the A's had hit a game-tying home run. Now there is a growing sentiment that the umpires actually...
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There Were Three Brutal Blown Calls In MLB Yesterday — And Baseball's...
There were at least three plays in baseball yesterday in which an umpire blew what appeared to be an obvious call, leading some to wonder what is going on with the umpiring.Umpiring in MLB is either...
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The 11 Worst Calls So Far This Baseball Season
It's still early, but this Major League Baseball season has already been marred by blown calls and poor umpiring.It's so bad, in fact, that one umpire cost a team the game when he blew the same call...
View ArticleMLB Umpires Made 2 Horrible Calls In A Single Play
The case for replay continues. Tied 5-5 in the top of the 12th inning last night, the Rockies and Padres each had a blown call go against them on the same play. The bases loaded with one out, Padres...
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There Is One Thing (Almost) Everybody Will Hate About Baseball's New Instant...
Baseball's new instant replay system isn't perfect, but it is a welcome step in the right direction of getting the calls right on the field.In addition to blown calls, there is one other common and...
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One Of The Biggest Hits Of The Week Was Delivered By An Umpire
Usually home plate collisions are between a runner and a catcher. But during the Angels win over the Rays, Ben Zobrist was trying to score a run when David DeJesus was run over by the umpire.DeJesus,...
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Big Data Explains Why Umpires Make Bad Calls
Here’s Matt Holliday. It’s strike three and it was three bad calls.Holliday’s body language speaks clearly, and his reaction is understandable. The pitch was wide, even wider than the first two...
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MLB Umpire Takes Hard Line Drive To the Chest, Promptly Flexes
Joe West, a longtime umpire and apparent country music star, took a hard line drive off his chest protector in the sixth inning of last night's Mets-A's game. For a second, the play looked scary.Then...
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What An MLB Strike Zone Really Looks Like And Why Players Are Always So Mad...
While Major League Baseball has expanded its replay system in an effort to reduce incorrect calls made by umpires, the strike zone remains the most frustrating aspect of a baseball game and new...
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I finally completed my dream of attending umpire school — here's what it was...
I first visited the Harry Wendelstedt School for Umpires as a 24-year-old Newsweek reporter back in January 2000. I’d begged my editor to send me because I’d been floored by the opportunity the school...
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Veteran umpire Joe West was hit in the head by a ball thrown from the stands
MILWAUKEE (AP) — A ball apparently thrown from the stands at Miller Park struck first-base umpire Joe West directly in the back of the head, leading to a seven-minute delay during the Miami-Milwaukee...
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Wimbledon upstart Daniil Medvedev breaks down and throws money at umpire in...
The Wimbledon dream was short-lived for 21-year-old Daniil Medvedev, as the young Russian fell in five sets to Ruben Bemelmans just days after his shocking upset of No. 5 seed Stan Wawrinka.But while...
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MLB umpires wore white wristbands to protest 'abusive' treatment
Major League Baseball umpires wore white wristbands during games Saturday, protesting "abusive player behavior" after Detroit second baseman Ian Kinsler was fined but not suspended for his recent...
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Veteran MLB umpire Dale Scott is retiring because of concussions
MLB umpire Dale Scott is retiring after 33 seasons.Scott missed most of the 2017 season after he was hit by a foul ball that caused a concussion.It was Scott's fourth concussion in five years.LAKE...
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A Baseball Fan Was Ejected For Interference But Allowed Back In His Seat...
In the first inning of Sunday's game against the Blue Jays, Evan Longoria hit what appeared to be a home run, leading to an unusual scene in which a fan was ejected and then reinstated.Blue Jays...
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Blown Call In Tiebreaker Game Is An Ugly Reminder That MLB Won't Have...
Technically, last night's tiebreaker game between the Rays and Rangers was a regular season game, but make no mistake, the winner-take-all showdown had all the makings of a playoff game, including a...
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