Archive for 2007

We have to take our hats off to the folks in charge at Wimbledon who decided to employ the Hawk-Eye instant replay challenge option on Centre Court and Court 1 for players who want to dispute calls at this year’s Wimbledon Championship. I was suprised that it was not in use at last month’s French [...]

In perhaps the most egregious display of inconsistency we’ve seen in a very long time, home plate umpire Jim Wolfe ejected Cubs’ Ted Lilly after facing just 2 batters in Sunday night’s game in Atlanta. Lilly hit Edgar Renteria on the left hand with 2 out in the bottom of the first and Renteria walked [...]

June 2, 2007 Copenhagen, Denmark – European Championship Qualifier
In the 89th minute of a match that feature a stunning comback by Denmark to tie the game, the referee red-carded a Demark player, and then awarded a penalty kick to Sweden. A Denmark  fan was so excited about the comeback, then flabergasted by the call, he [...]

Wowuch! This one is bad and it may have cost Detroit game 5 and the series. Late in the first quarter of tonight’s pivital game 5  in Auburn Hills, the usually cool and even-tempered Antonio McDyess came down with a hard foul on Cavs forward Anderson Varejao as he received a pass slashing to the basket. [...]

With two outs in the eighth inning with the Yankees leading 2-1, Willie Bloomquist was thrown out by 6 feet with a perfect throw from Jorge Posada and a perfect tag from Robinson Cano. This throw out was in fact so perfectly executed, it baffled second-base umpire Gerry Davis who called Blooquist safe. A bloop single [...]

In their first game back after Josh Hancock’s death, the St. Louis Cardinals lost 7-1 to the Brewers in Milawaukee. In the sixth inning with one out, Albert Pujols took a 2-2 picth from Brewer pitcher and former teamate Jeff Suppan, tossed his bat and lumbered down to first base. Neither Suppan or catcher Johnny Astrada seemed to notice, homeplate umpire [...]