Posted on April 19th, 2008 by refpolice
Yankees set-up man Kyle Farnsworth was suspended three games by major league baseball for throwing a pitch behind the left shoulder of Red Sox outfielder Manny Ramirez. Of all the reasons this is a bad move by Bud Selig, the most important is this: purpose pitches are part of the natural ecosystem of resolving grudges in [...]
Posted on February 20th, 2008 by refpolice
“Do not put pressure on the referees to make the correct call” No joke, these words came from Hubie Brown’s mouth after a blown out-of-bounds call on a key jump ball in a 2-point game with 3 minutes to go in tonight’s entertaining Lakers-Suns game in Phoenix. After last year’s disaster, you’d expect better officiating from [...]
Posted on January 22nd, 2008 by refpolice
Anyone watching the Giants-Packers game on Sunday had to wonder about the legitimacy of the officiating. Three plays in particular, worth 17 points to Green Bay, stand out:
1) In the 2nd quarter on a failed 3rd-and-8 attempt, a questionable ‘illegal contact’ foul was called against a Giant defensive back giving the Packers a first down [...]
Posted on January 12th, 2008 by refpolice
No question the Pats are a great team with annoying efficiency in execution on both sides of the ball. But does Tom Brady really have that much time to operate without ANY holding calls against his offensive line? Is the defense really that tough or are they getting away with dirty play? How many times (not tonight) [...]