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Why baseball purists are dead wrong about instant replay
It was an eventful sixth inning in Florida on Sunday. Phillies outfielder Hunter Pence hit what was initially ruled a double, but after going to instant replay, umpire Joe West ruled, accurately, that a fan had interfered with Bryan Petersen's ability to make the catch by reaching out for the ball....
Dan Haren 2 Hits Tigers, Angels Beat Ejected Justin Verlander
Final Score in Anaheim: Angels 1 Tigers 0 Dan Haren pitched a complete game 2-hit shutout against the Detroit Tigers and benefited from Howie Kendrick scoring on an Erick Aybar double in the 2nd inning for the game's only run. All-Star Justin Verlander hit triple digits a few times and pitched...
White Sox Come Back Thanks To Royal Gaffes
Here's a list of days since August 4th in which the White Sox won and the Twins lost (when they didn't play each other): August 29th. That's it. That's the list of days in which the Sox picked up a full game on the Twins without the benefit of playing head-to-head. So when the out of town...
Joe West Sucks, But Not As Much As White Sox
There can be an argument made that Joe West cost the White Sox this series (and maybe the season in the process), but that's the type of excuse losers make. The Comcast Sports Net broadcast was unlistenable today, as Hawk, completely unchecked with yes-man Frank Thomas in the booth, got to whine...
Joe West Screws the White Sox Again
Not content with tossing Mark Buehrle from a start earlier this season, crew chief Joe West decided to permit the game to begin tonight despite anyone with one working eye seeing that rain - and likely lots of it - was going to arrive shortly after gametime (the Royals are at fault here, too, but...
New York Yankee notes: Mo calls out West
You had to expect some reaction from the Yankees and Red Sox to umpire Joe West calling their slow play "pathetic and embarrassing." I did not, however, expect that reaction to come from Mariano Rivera. And I absolutely never expected the elegant Rivera to so directly and harshly call out...
April was Cruelest Month for Angels
APRIL IS THE CRUELEST MONTH--T.S. EliotWith the departure of Joe Maddon as an Angels coach, it is doubtful that anyone in the organization would be able to recite the poetry of Thomas Stearns Eliot, but point out that opening line comes from a poem called The Wasteland and no Angel in Los Angeles,...
Beckett Penalty Repudiates Umpire Joe West Too
Boston Red Sox pitcher Josh Beckett was suspended for 6 games on Monday, a swift action by Major League Baseball for the pitcher’s conduct in a game on Sunday afternoon. The punishment was also a repudiation of the vile, controversial and arrogant Joe West, an umpire who if not corrupt and...
5th Inning and Beyond Game Thread
Star Wars Reference: How often do people remind umpire Joe West that his mother's maiden name was "The Hut"...
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