Tuesday Morning Rockpile:
The Rockies-Cardinals game wasn't the only one with some questionable calls last night. In the Yankees game last night, Willie Bloomquist was clearly out at second by a large margin on a stolen base attempt. That missed call helped the Mariners win the game, so it's not all that bad. However, after the game was over Gerry Davis admitted to blowing the call.
In the Mets-Giants game Bengie Molina had two home runs in one inning, though one of them almost didn't count. The replays clearly show that the ball hit over the yellow line, but there was some question as to whether or not a fan reached over and touched the ball. It was hard to tell, but it did not appear the fan was in the field of play.
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One summary on the whole ninth inning:
That's what it all boils down to, but one look at last night's game thread and then maybe LaRussa would understand that it was about more than just a run.
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Mark Kiszla, we get the sentiment by now. Yes, we all agree it would be nice if the Monforts decided to spend more money to bring in good, reliable players, but Roger Clemens, and his excessive salary for a few months of baseball, doesn't quite work here. The Rockies also don't have Joe Torre.
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Amazing thought for the day: Hurdle will keep rotating Iannetta and Torrealba until one of them has a hot streak. Doesn't a guy get hot if he, you know, doesn't revolve in and out of the lineup?
Renck has a short segment in the article on the new Todd Helton; it's no "Todd Helton: The Renaissance".
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Yellow line tech time
In these situations you've got an umpire running out at top speed trying to focus on a fast-moving ball impacting maybe 100-150 feet away. No wonder they miss so many. I would be vehemently opposed to instant replay around the bases and for balls/strikes, but for the outfield yellow line especially in these new stadiums I think the time has come to use technology as an aid.
by DeepPurple on
May 8, 2007 7:28 AM MDT
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I agree
by Blake20th on
May 8, 2007 8:10 AM MDT
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Low Tech...
by jlikesrockies on
May 8, 2007 10:23 AM MDT
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agreed
by LarryB303 on
May 8, 2007 10:39 AM MDT
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The run scored....
by DenverBears on
May 8, 2007 9:33 AM MDT
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kiszla
by LarryB303 on
May 8, 2007 10:30 AM MDT
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What Kisla is omitting
by jlikesrockies on
May 8, 2007 11:02 AM MDT
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replay/davidson
Doesn't umpire Bob Davidson show up more often than not in these controversial calls? I remember Davidson threatened to call the first game ever at Mile High Stadium (the Eric Young home run game vs the Expos) because the playing field was in bad shape. He also had a bad call involving Mark McGwire a few years ago. Every ump can make mistakes but Davidson seems to like the spotlight. He was a bad Denver area talk radio host when the umps were on strike, too.
by titan on
May 8, 2007 12:33 PM MDT
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over his last 10 games...
by 4thturn on
May 8, 2007 12:42 PM MDT
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You'd think so
by jlikesrockies on
May 8, 2007 1:00 PM MDT
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Davidson
You're not the first one to notice that. His nickname is "Balkin' Bob" because he calls way more balks than other umps. Which is kind of a "spotlight" call, since unlike most umps' calls it's voluntary.
by Perry on
May 8, 2007 2:15 PM MDT
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Kiszla
I still dislike Lincicome even more. Kiszla has a good piece about once a week, I have yet to read anything by Lincicome that was worth the paper it was printed on.
by MADness on
May 8, 2007 3:55 PM MDT
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