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Hall Of Fame Nominee Hank O’Day

One thing you’ve got to admit about Hank O’Day whether you believe he should be in the Hall of Fame or not: The guy had a fascinating all-around career. O’Day is the only baseball figure…Read More

Chalk Up Johan Santana’s No-Hitter

It counts. Everyone can talk all they want and instant replays can be shown on a continuous loop with popcorn served, but New York Met pitcher Johan Santana pitched a no-hitter against the St. Louis Cardinals…Read More

Some Possible Explanations for Tim Welke’s Blown Call

The Human Element is alive and well in baseball. In case we may have started to doubt this, baseball fans everywhere were given a robust example yesterday, when Tim Welke made what we can safely term “The…Read More

Adventures in Umpiring and Writing About It

It’s getting to the point now where writing about baseball umpiring and instant replay is getting pretty boring. (For all your aspiring baseball bloggers at home, that is how you sell the introduction…Read More

Yankees Irate Over Disputed Home Run Call

The New York Yankees were left fuming after last night’s loss to the Royals.  A disputed solo home run call was the source of the controversy, as the Yanks fell to Kansas City 5-4. Read | Share

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Jerry Meals Loses Consciousness for Worst Three Seconds Possible

Forget instant replay, tireless debate, and robot umpires.  This play would have been better off with…Read More

The Heartbreaking Divorce of Joe West and Angel Hernandez

INT. THE OFFICIAL MEETING ROOM OF MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL – DAY Two suited MLB OFFICIALS sit behind…Read More

The Unwritten Rules of Baseball

Rather than continue my trend of predictability by writing about the end of Andre Ethier’s 30-game…Read More

The Buzz: Instant Replay In MLB

As we all know by now, the MLB postseason features the elite teams from the past season. It is in October…Read More

Here Be Some Bitchings At Umpires

This has sort of brewing in me for a bit; a little mention of it here, a slight murmur of it there……Read More