Archive for the ‘MLB’ Category

In a seesaw, back-and-forth game in Oakland last night, Michael Cuddyer scored the tying run from second base on a wild pitch. While replays were pretty clear, home plate umpire Mike Muchlinski punched him out. Naturally, Cuddyer wen berserk and Twins Skipper Ron Gardenhire had to restrain him. It seems to me, that if the [...]

AJ Burnett has always done the right thing. He’s always stood for up his teammates, but never put them in danger. Vicente Padilla on the other hand, is a well known jerk. In fact his own teammates hate him so much that they convinced management to request outright waivers. Translation: get this prick out of [...]

Carlos Zambrano is a large, short tempered, passionate player. But one thing we admire about him is that he knows when he’s right. He was right tonight when he followed his wild pitch to the plate, fielded a perfect throw from catcher Geovany Soto, blocked the plate from Nyjer Morgan trying to score from third [...]

As I tuned into this year’s World Series between the Rays and Phillies, I began to hear myself say things to myself like “That looked like a balk to me.” And then “Boy, sure looked like he tagged him”. And then “Wow. Those look like strikes to me.” Finally I had it figured out, or [...]

Maybe it’s because Derek Jeter isn’t kown as a guy who complains, or maybe it’s because the left field foul pole at Yankee Stadium does not line up with the left field baseline. Either way, the umpires reversed a Carlos Delgado home run by calling it foul instead, and it suggests that a renewed look [...]

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 [...]