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C.B. Bucknor Was Brilliant Last Night
Where would we be without the human element in our grand old game? Hats off to C.B. Bucknor for a tremendous job Monday night. When it's Royals-Sox in July, there's no one else I want calling the game. Other than Joe West. State of the art, for 1880.
Umps Gift John Lackey Fat K-Zone Vs. Angels, Red Sox Win
Final Score in Boston: Red Sox 3, Angels 1 ... The Angels lost their 6th straight game with John Lackey as their opponent for the first time ever. He was given the single widest strike zone of the season as a welcome to the biased Boston umpiring ... and it was not just at home plate as the 3B...
Tim Donaghy Book a Warning to MLB
Tim Donaghy is about to be released from prison for his part on fixing NBA games. His book was supposed to be release later this month. But... (as DEADSPIN reports) money talks... About 10 months ago, Donaghy shopped the book to Triumph Books, an imprint of Random House, according to a source...
Hey, Bud! It's Time For Replay Review: NLCS Game 5 Preview, Dodgers vs. Phillies, Wednesday 10/21, 7:07 CT
Fortunately, they had nothing to do with the outcome of ALCS game four, which the Yankees won 10-1. But there were three horrendous umpiring calls in consecutive innings in last night's game -- and two of them were made by Tim McClelland, who has a reputation as one of the best in baseball. The one...
Angels 7, Orioles 5: A game that made you want to watch hockey.
I only "saw" parts of this game (thanks, MLB.tv), but I'll give the 'ole recap business a shot. Adam Eaton was servicable at best in his first game since duping a few pollyannas into thinking he might have talent. I predict this will become a pattern in which, like so many other scrap heap pitching...
Thursday Rockpile: Blame our walking woes on the umps, and other early Baseball-Reference observations
Players are striking out too much. Tulowitzki, Iannetta, Spilborghs. All seem to be struggling with this. So I know, you're going, well duh, Rox Girl. It took you a long time to figure that one out, huh? Yeah, that's why you guys pay me the big bucks. Okay, actually you pay Troy Renck the big...
I'll Take The Aramis Ramirez Special, Please: Cubs 7, Cardinals 5
Dave said it best as we were celebrating the Cubs' 7-5, extra-inning, come-from-behind, walkoff win over the Cardinals: "We might wait all year and never see two better games than these." He was, of course, referring to both yesterday's big win, and today's -- and we're only 11 games into the...
Improving Weather, Improving Bradley: Cubs vs. Cardinals, Friday 4/17, 1:20 CT
We'll find out later if Milton Bradley will be suspended for cap-tipping (no relation to cow-tipping) with plate umpire Larry Vanover yesterday. Frankly, I think a suspension for an incidental cap-tip is ridiculous, and once Bob Watson reviews the tape, I suspect Milton will simply be fined. More...
The Forgettable Fire: Cubs 4, Cardinals 7
Milton Bradley got jobbed today on a couple of pitches, including the pitch on which he was called out on strikes with the bases loaded, and that, justifiably, set him off. Knowing he wasn't going to stay in the game, he had a few choice words (wouldn't you like to have heard them?) with plate...
Near Masterpiece: Cubs 5, Reds 1
Two plays. One ball hit by Jeff Keppinger that Aramis Ramirez couldn't handle, and which went under his glove for a first-inning error. And another, one bad pitch from Carlos Zambrano to Adam Dunn that was deposited into the center-field juniper bushes for a brief 1-0 Reds lead in the...
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