Posted on August 30th, 2007 by refpolice
Once again, an MLB umpire has erred in an attempt to play mindreader and peacemaker. This time, Homeplate umpire Angel Hernandez did so by ejecting young Yankee phenom Joba Chamberlain for throwing two successive 98 MPH fastballs over the head of Kevin Youkilis in the 9th inning of a 5-0 game, giving the Yankees a [...]
Posted on August 7th, 2007 by refpolice
When Blue Jays pitcher Josh Towers pegged Alex Rodriguez in the left knee tonight, no one who knows anything about baseball thought is was unrelated to the incident in late May where A-Rod barked behind the thirdbaseman Howie Clark causing him to drop a pop-up, which allowed the Yankee to come back an untimately win [...]
Posted on August 6th, 2007 by refpolice
In the wake of the NBA basketball officiating scandal involving Tim Donaghy, the MBL has requested that MLB umpires submit to background checks as part of their employment agreement. Not suprisingly, Lamell McMorris, a spokesman for the World Umpires Assiation, the labor union for MLB umpires doesn’t like the idea. While MLB should be concerned that [...]