athbaseball.com - 24 days ago
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There are blown calls by officials in sports, it happens all the time. Humans are prone to error, there's not much we can do about that. There will always be the human element in the officiating of sports, there isn't much we can to about that either. We can use instant replay, lasers, ...
Umpires miss two calls in Game 2 of Series
abclocal.go.com 25 days ago — 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. NEW YORK -- A forgettable fall for umpires rolled on Thursday night with two more blown calls, both occurring ...
Will the Yankees pitch to Chase Utley?
perfectknight.blogspot.com 20 days ago — There's been a minor amount of hysteria regarding Chase Utley and his HR binge during this year's post season. The Yankees were widely recognized as having the appropriate medicine to neutralize Philadelphia's lefty-heavy power with Sabathia and Pettitte starting, and Marte/Coke relieving. And ...
Enough is enough with these blown calls
sports.yahoo.com 25 days ago — NEW YORK Umpires added two more tick marks to their overflowing register of screw-ups Thursday night. These came in Game 2 of a World Series in which Major League Baseball broke from protocol and brought in a specific crew of veteran arbiters to ...
UTLEY, HOWARD SET RECORDS IN PHILLIES’ GAME 5 WIN
bigleaguescrew.com 21 days ago —
Unfortunately, Bad A.J. picked a bad time to show up for the Yankees. The Yankees #2 starter had an awful performance on Monday night as the Yankees dropped Game 5 of the World Series .
Cliff Lee overcame a rocky start before the Bombers were able to get to him in the 8th inning. At that ...
Wagering on the World Series Position by Position
athbaseball.com 29 days ago — Alrighty then ..... Yankees vs. Phillies in the 2009 MLB World Series. So the question remains, who has the better personnel? Well let's take a look .....
Regardless of what teams have what money available to spend on players and what your thoughts about that are, these two teams clearly have ...
The umpires strike back: two more bad calls last night
bases.nbcsports.com 25 days ago — After the way the postseason has gone, everyone is watching the umpires closely, so it's probably worth noting that they blew two calls last night.First base ump Brian Gorman was wrong when he called Chase Utley out at first on...
Utley and Howard: The beard and the gel
umpbump.com 26 days ago — Last night, two Phillies players tried on new looks. Ryan Howard showed up for the game rocking the playoff beard, and Chase Utley brought back the slicked back hair.
Howard’s new look was somewhat unexpected, as he’s been hot lately and if there’s one thing Crash Davis ...
Two Strike Madness: Chase Utley Would Like To Teach You Some Things
310tojoba.blogspot.com 20 days ago — Namely, he would like to teach you, Mr. Pitcher, that there are these things we call "pitcher's counts." Furthermore, when one of these situations arises, there are certain ways you, as a mound figure, should go about pitching to a hitter, since you possess a clear advantage by most metrics. ...
Cliff Lee, Chase Utley Help Phillies Take Game One
theghostofmoonlightgraham.wordpress.com 26 days ago — On a rainy, misty night in the Bronx, Cliff Lee dominated a powerful New York Yankee lineup and Chase Utley hit two homeruns as the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Yankees 6-1 to take a 1-0 lead in their best-of-seven World Series.
Close calls swing momentum in Game 2 —
Major League Baseball News 25 days ago
After the Phillies benefited from first-base umpire Brian Gorman's inability to see that Ryan Howard had trapped Johnny Damon's soft liner before turning a double play to end the seventh, they found themselves upset about the fact that their ...
Umps' blown calls a problem easily solved —
SI.com - MLB 24 days ago
PHILADELPHIA -- The first two games of the World Series have been, refreshingly, about the players. We've seen the artistry of Cliff Lee and A.J. Burnett, the power of Chase Utley and Mark Teixeira, the grace under fire of Mariano Rivera. We haven't ...
Howard, Utley being left behind —
NY Post: Sports 23 days ago
PHILADELPHIA -- Did you see the guys at Citizens Bank Park dressed up as Chase Utley and Ryan Howard for Halloween?
Those two wearing Phillies pinstripes last night had to be imposters. It's the only explanation for a second straight dismal perform...