Archive for April, 2007

In a bizarre incident, veteran head umpire Ed Montegue added a run to the Orioles total a full three innings after when he decided he had mistakenly disallowed a run it in a disputed play in the thrird inning. The play in the third inning is not so much the issue here since umpires make mistakes [...]

In a cross-state rivalry game with playoff seeding implications but with plenty of potential playoff match-up preview buzz, referee Joey Crawford called a technical foul on Spurs center Tim Duncan as he sat on the bench laughing about a previous call Crawford had just made. Crawford, apparently feeling that Duncan had showed him up, teed [...]