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Aside from missing a practically impossible call (for a mere human, anyway) in Game 4 -- Ryan Howard never did touch the plate in the fourth inning --...
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Amazin' Avenue —
... and more good controversy comes out. For example, Larry Bowa and Shane Victorino are in a spat over allegations of Philadelphia sign stealing.
Philadelphia turns to Pedro, once again.
Federal Baseball takes a look at the Nationals' in-house solutions for their atrocious starting pitching rotation.
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The Fielding Bible announced their 2009 awards.
Think umpiring is bad now? Apparently it has only improved since the 1970s.
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Ryan Howard didn't touch home plate and I think Mike Everitt knew that
replacementrefs.com 29 days ago — Replays confirmed that Ryan Howard never touched homeplate when sliding past Jorge Posada in the bottom of the 4th inning. His hand reached past home and his right leg lifted and sailed over it, but nothing concrete ever actually grazed the dish. By rule, he should have been called out when he ...
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