The only thing I can add is to note that when the Yankees had one bad call go against them (Damon called out when he really was safe at 1st in the 3rd inning) the announcing crew did not shut up about it for what seemed like two innings. Nobody on earth whines like a New Yorker… which will make Monday’s tabloids all that sweeter.

I was in 257 and was pumping my fists at strike 3. Even that far away 430 feet away, I could tell it was a freakin’ strike. Put ME on the payroll, dammit.

I had a good chuckle at the game thread in
pinstripe alley:

Just seeing them go from all self righteous to crushing disappointment.

Made my day.

It makes me laugh (cuz with stupidity you have two choices: 1- laugh or 2- be pissed off and end up only really huting yourself with ulcers and high blood pressure since the stupid people don’t care that they’ve pissed you off, lol) that the Posada 3rd strike walk was THE PIVOTAL missed call in the game, completely changing the momentum toward the Yankees in the 7th inning since, if that call had been made correctly, Posada would’ve been the 2nd out, then Damon’s popout would’ve been the third, and none of the 6 Yankee runs would’ve scored, but not only is it almost completely dismissed and ignored by the announcers on FOX (who did NOT shut up for the rest of the 3rd inning and better part of the next about Damon being called out on a close call at first) aside from mentioning it immediately when it happened, but what I’ve seen from the media so far regarding another missed call in the postseason, in this game, was about the Damon call! I just have to laugh.
You’re right, it’s nice to have a forum to vent these frustrations; and it CRACKS ME UP that when Angels fans do complain about the botched calls (the majority of which go against the Halos), it’s “whining” but when Yankee fans get all bent out of shape over something, they’re conveyed as “ligitimate” complaints, not only by themselves, since obviously fans are going to get upset when something doesn’t go their team’s way (we ARE called FANS for a reason, lol), but by the media in its obvious preferential treatment and overanalysis of ANY call disputed by the Yankees that could negatively effect the game for them.
 If nothing else, I think this all goes to show that though Selig has said he adamantly opposes expanding the use of replay beyond how it is currently employed, I believe most of us would agree that the blown calls throughout this postseason reiterate that he should rethink his postion.

Well said. We as fans need to complain about bad calls. I don’t mean mere missed calls, calls where the ump obviously made an honest mistake. I mean the naked-eye obvious type of calls we’ve seen way too much of lately. It’s annoying enough to see trolls characterize these complaints as "whining,’ but it’s downright galling when it comes from one of our own.

But the strike three on Teixeira in the first inning was pretty questionable as well.

I was talking about this the other night with some friends while watching game three, but what I’d love to see from the broadcast team is an approximation of the ump’s strike zone. In other words, they show us the box representing the strike zone and where pitches finished, and that’s all well and good. But how about they show us that for the first four or five innings while they’re collecting data. Then starting in the fifth or sixth inning, instead of a big rectangle, show us the actual shape of the umpire’s zone. If he’s not giving the low inside pitch, than that’s not part of the de facto strike zone. I don’t care if the shape is a big blob, I’d like to see something representing where balls and strikes have been for that guy the whole game.

Fieldin did a very solid job of calling the game last night.

What has me so perplexed is why the crucial pitches in tough spots almost seemingly never go the Angels’ way.

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the flight of the ball from Lackey’s hand etc and where it crosses the plate. In addition, you see Lackey’s response, which is total disbelief in the call. It also shows Sosh’s response and he is just incredulous. Wish I knew how to transfer that video. Perhaps someone will help out with that. But I agree that this call simply CANNOT be missed by a professional umpire

If this data is to be believed, pitch #8 should definitely have been called a strike…BUT…pitch #2 should probably have been called a ball, and pitch #3 should DEFINITELY been called a ball. So the Yankee fans have just as much to bitch about on ball/strike calls in this AB as we do.

while this post was primarily a visceral response to seeing the Posada call video, it is also not without a historical context which includes this series, parts of the 2009 Angels season, and most importantly literally THOUSANDS of professional sporting events I have watched over thirty plus years as a passionate, discerning and analytical sportsfan.
 
While I can accept the term “conjecture” if you mean it in manner of SUPPOSITION, I do not see where I use the terms “if” and “maybe.” This post was written quickly and is not the detailed analysis or essay that I hope to write entitled “Sports Travesties: A History of Odd, Incomprehensible and Unexplainable Officiating.” In this more detailed work I plan to include abundant documentation, quotes and other supporting evidence for the idea that pro supports HAVE BEEN and in many cases STILL ARE manipulated not just by participants, but more frequently by officials/umpires/refs. Any “good” sportsfan with collegiate freshman critical thinking skills would have to have been living in a hole to at least not have CONSIDERED the very good possibility that pro sports outcomes are manipulated, if not on a regular basis than enough to cause grave concern about the integrity of the major sports leagues.

This all being said, this post was not primarily about this topic. The thrust of this post was that our anger as fans over PERCEIVED wrong doing or even just gross incompetence (I for one believe what we have been seeing goes beyond mere inepititude or incom-petence) is both justified and should be expressed constructively in forums like this one. Others are welcome to disagree of course, but simply labeling these complaints as “whining” or marginalizing these discussions as “sour grapes” are short-sighted at best and extremely ignorant at worst.

Yes, I did misread your earlier comment directed to Stirrups.