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I’m not sure what the MLB rulebook say about it, but Jacobs Field was the venue for a freak of nature-type scenario on Friday night, which allowed the Tribe to score the tying run, and eventually win the game taking a commanding 2-0 lead in the NLDS. Inexplicably, in the bottom of the eight inning [...]

Just when MLB umpiring can’t get any worse, tonight’s one game NL Wildcard playoff thriller was ruined by bad calls….Twice! The first time, the umpiring crew incorrectly ruled a homerun for the Rockies a double. Replays showed the ball taking a big, long bounce off a railing in the left center field bleachers. Then in the bottom of [...]

In a win for fans and players everywhere, MLB has finally taken a step, abeit a small one, in curtailing in the increasingly brazen and often outrageous behavior of MLB umpires. After a calculated and deliberate effort to bait Padres outfielder Milton Bradley with profanity on Sunday, the league has come down on Winters and the [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]