A-Rod Contributes to Umpiring Controversy By Allowing Umps to Get One Right
The Sporting Blog —
... If that's the ruling that was agreed upon before the game and adhered to during it, it's hard to fault the umpires for consistency. But the video shows that the ball hits the camera as it hangs over the field, and may have, unimpeded, fallen to hit the fence. That's a rather unfortunate placement, no? ...
Yanks Take 2-1 Series Lead, Turn to CC on Short Rest
The Big Lead —
Thanks in part to some lazy Yankee defense early on in Game 3 of the World Series, all signs pointed to a messy blowout and an early exit for Andy Pettitte, who threw 40 pitches in the first two innings.
But Andy settled down nicely while the Yankee bats, including his own (!), finally busted open, scoring runs in five consecutive innings after being shut out for the first three. Seemed like the moment one thing went wrong, Cole Hamels was toast.
Game 3 also treated us to our first umpire review after a ball, initially ruled a double, clanked off a Fox camera in the right field corner. Naturally, it was ...
