Archive for 2007

Milton Bradley’s past behavior has finally caught up to him in bizarre fashion. In Sunday’s game against the Rockies, the Padres outfielder again found himself in a tempermental rage, though time is appears it was a result of a gang-up taunting effort from the homeplate and first base umpires. While Bradley’s behavior on the field [...]

With just over 2:00 left in tonight’s NFL game featuring the Baltimore Ravens at the Cincinnati Bengals, a back judge called offensive pass interference on Todd Heap as he hauled in a touchdown pass from back-up Kyle Boller on fouth-and-goal that would have tied the game. Replays showed that if anything, it was defensive interference and [...]

Rarely do we get to applaud officials, but this is one of those time. On the opening weekend of the NFL season, Coach Bill Belichek felt like he might need an edge later on when the Pats face the Jets in Foxboro, so he did what he’s done before: order up the cheating video guy. [...]

In an uncharacteristic outburst, a frustrated Chipper Jones complained about the strike zone called by home plate umpire Rick Reed. He offered up some pretty choice quotes, included “I’ve been playing baseball for a long time, I know what a strike looks like”. He also used adjective like ‘abysmal’ and ‘awful’ repeatedly. While no one [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]