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That's baseball! Too bad the Martinez was not given the extra wide strike zone that the Phillies experienced. The ump was extra liberal and gave Yank pitchers the extra wide strike zone. Just look at the replays of late game strike three pitches. Some pitches were so far right of the chart one could hardly see it. I hated the calls! The ump was horrible on those calls. The Yankee pitchers were smart to continue to hit it as long as the ump called them "strikes."
It was particulary striking in Howard's last at bats, especially in his last against Rivera. Those pitches would NEVER have been called strikes if he had been batting right handed and his name happened to be Pujols. Or Jeter. Or Rodrigues. Home team bias? Racial bias? Let me not be the first to say.
that's baseball,the strike zone has been a joke in the whole playoff series,,two obvious blown calls last night was the ibanez double down the left field line,the replay was foul territory,,the ryan howard play would have been bases loaded with 1 out for the yankees,and howard made a horrible throw to rollins at second both teams benefited from the umpires,,,,,derek jeter bunting with 2 strikes was a dump play by jeter,which is very rare,,,,,,ryan howard's had 4 K's,he had no clue at the plate,i hope he doesn't go into one of his horrible slumps,this is a bad time for him to start striking out every other at bat,,,,,the phillies had the chance to bury the yankees but had way too many K's last night,,,the double play on utley in the 8th inning could be one of the key plays in the series...................wolf-out..
Ibanez' double WAS fair
Typical Philly 'sour grapes' comments. All the talk about Utley's DP grounder and no comment about the Howard catch. Even Howard knew he trapped the ball or else how can you explain him throwing to 2nd base to double up Posada when he could have simply stepped on 1st. Of course since that went in the Phils favor we won't 'mention it', just complain about poor officiating,missed calls on balls and strikes,etc. However lets just complain about the calls that went against our team and not the others. Philly fans, for the most part, are the worst homers in the sports
oh go suck it kenvan.
once Uttley and Howard got squeezed on the strike zone (early in the game) the Phils seemed content to take it home........these are the worst World Series announcers-...Mccarver is good for a while but Buck is a flat out Yankee announcer and makes no bones about it;....if you turn the sound down, ours are not much better,...mccarthy can't keep is mouth shut and wheels?,ugh and Sarge? ugh, ugh.....we've been turning the sound down and picking up John Miller and Joe Morgan and Co. on ESPN radio on the sattelite and that seems to be the lesser of 3 evils
Joe Buck is the pits. I could smash him right in the face.
If the Yankees are bringing back Charlie Hayes for WS games, the Phillies need Kim Batiste for game 3. He can do anything for the team - take out the first ball, sell concessions, etc. Maddy - for 6/9 innings, Franzke and Andersen do the Phillies commentary and they are much better than anyone else out there.
Werth's being caught off of first shifted the game momentum more than anything the umpiring did, so let's not blame them for this one. Actually, I am finding Buck more tolerable this year, but McCarver just leaves me puzzled and scratching my head. Still, it's better than listening to Chip "getting excited for a pop out because I don't watch where the outfielders are running to and think its a home run" Caray
It is not just last nights game , but umpiring seems to be a lost art. Maybe we could go electronically for balls and strikes, but the umpires are destroying the game. Or maybe the umpires should get out behind the pitcher and he could see better. Or get female umpires they may have a better eye.
Ibanez's ball was definitely fair; look at the replay--it's clear. And it did seem that the umps were giving Burnett a few inches off the plate to the outside for left-handed hitters. But, given that, Burnett was virtually unhittable last night. I was surprised the Yankees took him out, even for the great Mariano Rivera. Burnett can be--and was--nasty.
umps are brutal for everybody.....buck is okay....mccarver talks incessantly and is so over done.....get him out of there...his time has past....shame on werth....bats were silent....and jimmy had more than one oppurtunity to run and did not.....
Neal:
They took Burnett out for two reasons. The first is that Rivera has shown that he can go two innings effectively. The second is that they expect Burnett to pitch Monday night on short rest.
I don't know what was more annoying, the wide strike zone or the Phillies refusing to adjust to it (with the exception of Howard's last called strike which was two feet outside)....
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