After what I just saw in this game I want post game interviews of these umpires and I want them to justify there call. Tim McClelland did not even see swisher he was facing the outfield how can he justify that.

Now it goes both ways. I am a Yankee fan but the Cano Posada one out at third is also crazy. I would be going nuts if I was the Angels that's 2 outs. Where is the accountability!!!

Umps do not care...there is no accountability and never will be....it almost seems like they are doing it on purpose, thumbing their noses at MLB and us the fans....good grief!

I'm pretty appalled by the officiating for nearly every sport these days, although for some reason Badminton seems as yet unaffected by the blight of incompetence that has struck baseball, hockey and basketball. Olympic diving, though, seems to have recovered nicely with the implosion of the DDR. In any case I'm not surprised to see the umps blowing call after call but so far, to this disinterested bystander, it looks like the pain is being evenly shared. It just seems worse to Bums and Angels fans because they're getting their globulous nates handed to them in the legitimate plays anyway.

Now then, on to the main issue, which is the game. Although I know things can turn around as quickly as a sleeping rattlesnake with a boot on his tail - just ask the Borg about that a few years back - it looks like a Borg-Phillies series impends and the understated storyline for me is that Godzilla himself, Hideki Matsui, stands once again on the cusp of winning that Series ring he so badly wants and crowning his great career. Last Summer I was in Tokyo strolling through the kaiju-sized bazaar just north of the Sensoji temple in Akasuka, where votive offerings for the temple are sold. In addition to incense, dharmapala figures, little sacrificial scrolls and various other gifts for the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas were uncountable numbers of Hideki Matsui bobbleheads of all sizes and poses, all in his Borg uniform. There's going to be a run on those bobbleheads if the Borg gets close, just a little divine bribery to push Godzilla and his buddies over the top. I would love to be watching this series from the land of the rising sun even more than from this dystopia of perpetual sunshine down here.

I'm a Yankees fan, but Swisher was out at second and both Posada and Cano were out at third. There have been SOOOO many blown calls. The league needs to get a handle on this worsening problem. Or maybe the problem has always been bad, but instant replay and high speed cameras have made it more obvious???

what?

what does it matter when the Angels can't hit to save their lives. I am an Angel fan and I say its time to rebuild. Let Figgins go. He's a playoff bust every year when it counts. Vlad, Rivera,Tori, Napoli, you guys need to follow the example of Lyman Bostock and donate your paychecks to charity. You most certainly didnt earn them.

That.

I just saw the post game interview with Mclelland. He said "in my heart" I felt that Swisher was out. In my heart??? In my heart??? Good God Almighty.

The calls are horrible and it happens constantly. Are these guys getting paid? I too am a Yankees fan but both Swisher calls at 2nd and 3rd were not close. The video on the 2nd base call shows the umpire standing right there with a perfect view about four feet from the play. Swisher was out by a foot. The video on the 3rd base call shows the umpire looking to centerfield when the ball is caught and Swisher is on the bag. The Posada/Cano play at 3rd was just plain little league caliber umpiring. Isn't there an umpiring 101 course where they are told that when a runner is not on the bag and they are tagged with the ball, they're out?

And the calling of balls and strikes? I don't know how the players contain themselves as well as they do. I hate the no argue balls and strikes and rule. Baseball was so much more fun before that. Plus, it helped keep the umpires on their toes.

I wish you would. Sayonara.

Up until about 10 years ago I used to manage a ladies softball team. The umpire made a bad call in an important game and I uncharacteristically blew my top. I mean I made Earl Weaver look like an angel and was thrown out of the game. I wish I had that umpire's phone number as I would now like to recommend him for the major leagues. He was much better than what I saw last night.

I watched the game and the umps definitely had their minds somewhere else. What really seems odd though is that nobody on the Angels, including the manager, was arguing the calls.

The problem with the umpires, is they are no longer selected by how good they are, but by senority. Years back only the best umpires were selected for the post season...

The botched call at third base with Posada and Cano could have been "addressed" if Cano had shown true sportsmanship and said to the incorrect umpire that "I was not on the bag when I was tagged, and therefore I should be called out as well." There hasn't been a man in sportsmanship in a very long time.

The Yankee paid HOW MUCH for these UMP,S???????

Unions protect incompetence ... everywhere.

mklane (13) mentioned that ump assignments for the post season are by seniority. Added to that is some sort of 'rotation' factor. It was done to make it "fairer" to the umps so the post season money could be shared by more of them. It has always been an incredibly stupid idea. The post season is about the best baseball teams. The best umps should be on the field with them. If last night doesn't prove that, nothing ever will

The umpiring for all the playoff games has stunk. It is so bad and inconsistant. The strike zone is nowhere to be seen. These guys are seasoned umps and should know better. What gets me is that the announcers don't mention it during the game (at least on TNT they don't and they show the pitchtrax right on the screen). I know that the pitchtrax is not really official but come on....the guy on Monday had about a 3 inch strick zone. Calling strikes that were obviously balls. The only guy who actually had a good rating was the guy who called the very first playoff game.

Yes, there were several botched calls last night, but what really surprised me is that the team managers did not argue nor did the umpires collaborate. The botch call at third with Posada and Cano, why didn't the other umpires step in, were they asleep too??? Also, the botch call of Swisher leaving the bag too soon, what was the home ump watching, he had the best view and should have made the call. I am glad the game was a runaway, no controversy in the win for the Yanks! I am against instant replay, but I feel they should pick the best umpires to work the postseason, this would give them an incentive to be good...huh, what a concept.

I'm not sure what the complaining is about. Isn't this the Yankees? And, isn't this what happens every year that they are in the playoffs? I mean, if Jeter and company had to face a real strike zone instead of the "Yankee" strike zone, they would bat fifty points lower. And, is it a fluke that every critical "missed" call (every year!) goes for New York? Look, it's important for TV ratings that N.Y. be in the world series and NOT a small market team. The only time that baseball was on a level playing field was between 1960 and 1975. Before 1960, the Yankees could buy their team (Hell, the Athletics were like a farm team for N.Y. and the Ruth "trade" was a cash transaction) and after 1975 they could buy their team again. In between (other than the early 60's when the remnants of their earlier purchases kept them competitive)they sucked when they had to fairly compete.

The calls were horrible the umps don't seem to care about their jobs or the fact that fans paid a good amount of money to see a game called fairly. I'm a yankee fan too.

i have said this for years, they (the umps) should be judged like NCAA football refs, if they stink up the joint they really get punished and are held accountable.

I'm not sure what the complaining is about. Isn't this the Yankees? And, isn't this what happens every year that they are in the playoffs? I mean, if Jeter and company had to face a real strike zone instead of the "Yankee" strike zone, they would bat fifty points lower. And, is it a fluke that every critical "missed" call (every year!) goes for New York? Look, it's important for TV ratings that N.Y. be in the world series and NOT a small market team. The only time that baseball was on a level playing field was between 1960 and 1975. Before 1960, the Yankees could buy their team (Hell, the Athletics were like a farm team for N.Y. and the Ruth "trade" was a cash transaction) and after 1975 they could buy their team again. In between (other than the early 60's when the remnants of their earlier purchases kept them competitive)they sucked when they had to fairly compete.

I think you need to adjust your tinfoil hat, you are getting some interference.

Let's see if the Commish has the balls to do something about the umpires!! The guy at third was the "crewchief"?? He was the worse one there! I too am surprised the managers have not argued more of these calls this year. If I'm the owner of the team, I'd be meeting with my manager and giving him holy what for, for not standing up for the team!
I'm a Yankee Fan but first off, I'm a Baseball Fan and these guys are ruining the game by blowing calls like this!

To "Church of the perpetually outraged":

Obviously you're a non-baseball fan or, in other words, a Yankee fan. The "bad" calls always go in favor of the Yankees. Coincidence?

It was reported this morning that Tim McClelland "knew in his heart" that Swisher left early. Now, thats a new one.

The field umpiring has been horrible, but I must admit. The ball and strike calls have been remarkably consistent for these playoffs.

Where's the accountability? Where's yours when it comes to spelling?

Most of the best umpires are injured, out with concussions and assorted old-man maladies. Really tough year for umps, as a result the best crews aren't out there.

It's gotten harder over the years to do playoff baseball - the season is so long that almost all of the playoff games are played in horrible baseball weather. The games themselves are long and boring, many of them so far very badly played. Just a comedy of baserunning and fielding errors. I'm not surprised McClellan's mind was out a-wandering, leaving his confused tired old heart to do the umpiring.

To Sailin Shoes:

Are you being serious? There were three bad calls yesterday and the most important one: Swisher leaving the bag early, was the ONLY one that had a direct effect on the score.

It went AGAINST the yankees.

Oh yeah, and hee hee ha ha ho ho to Old Gator. I want you to write a Phillies-Borg preview article before the World Series, with the view from the dystopia of perpetual sunshine.

You mean the Bush administration was a union?

You got it, Mo. Of course the "view" may be a little distorted by the sunglasses we have to wear down here to protect our retinas from the UV levels. Just watch this space.

Oh yeah, and this time, don't forget to lock the door when the masseuse shows up, OK? I hear that contract on you still has three years to run.

I didn't see the game, but I'm a soccer referee, so some of this hits home. Do we get everything right? No! Do we try extremely hard to get everything right? Yes! Since I've been a ref, I've learned to back off quite a bit. Football is lucky b/c they can review everything, but we have to make calls based on what we can see. When you're watching your kids on the field, keep that in mind. However, MLB umps make a lot more than I do!

"Swisher leaving the bag early, was the ONLY one that had a direct effect on the score" - This, of course, ignores the fact that Swisher shouldn't have even been on 3rd as he was clearly out on the pick-off. The umps get that one right and the Swisher at 3rd play is moot....

The call was wrong but its not the job of the players to tell a paid ump what the call is. It has nothing to do with sportmanship. Its all about being competent and professional.

That is one of the reasons I do not watch MLB anymore, the umps have usually decided who they want to win and either by making bad calls on the bases or calling it one way behind the plate they control how close games finish.

the quality of MLB umpiring has bene in decline for the last decade or more. They only pay minor league umps 6K a year to start, topping off at 20k at Triple A level... when the pay scale is that low, how many quality people could the gig attarct?

Look forward to it - drop some Shinto on us.

The umps do give post game interviews. I don't know where you live, but they showed it on YES as part of the post game report. McClelland said he thought Cano was on the bag. Still a bad call? Yes, but the umps do generally explain their calls.

That's too funny! Name one player who would actually do that.

That is one of the reasons I do not watch MLB anymore, the umps have usually decided who they want to win and either by making bad calls on the bases or calling it one way behind the plate they control how close games finish.

What about the play at the plate just before Swisher was picked off at second? As far as I could see from the replays, the catcher tagged the runner (I think it was Cano) before he touched the plate. The Cano's right let was in the air over the plate, but never touched it. He was tagged and then his left leg, which was under his body, slid through home plate.

Yes it was bang bang, but thats another blown call by the umps, and thats before they blow the call at second with Swisher.

I have seen so many miss calls, etc., in baseball over the years that it amazes me that you never hear or read of an umpire being reprimanded. If players can be sent down to the minors to hone their skills why not umpires? A few years ago, TSN conducted a poll among mlb players as to who they considered the "worst" umpire. The winner of this title was CB Bucknor. He still works the majors and was recently cited for blowing 3 calls in 1 game. Additionally, why isn't there a physical standard for the umpires? Jerry Layne is sooooooo fat he can't bend over to call balls and strikes. Remember John McSherry? Poor guy was so large he died on the field and who can forget the mammouth Eric Gregg? Seems the Angels are plagued by the "devil" umpiring core. Remember Doug Edding in the 2005 series against the White Sox?

OK, The Umpiring was horrible last night. Swisher leaving the bag early and being called out at home was a joke. The Ump missed that call. HOWEVER, he really shouldn't have been there in the first place! He was out at 2nd, so I looked at it at justice, albeit a bad call,.... he should NOT have been there in the first place! The second call was just downright BAD. You had two guys by the base and each one was tagged out BEFORE touching the base! END OF STORY! Regardless of it all, they BOTH were off the bag. I am a YANKEE FAN, but I am embarrassed over the quality of this really poor umpiring from last night game. It is time to use the technology available to us, and stop cowering to these over-priced babies and their union! IT IS RUINING THE GAME! TECHNOLOGY WAS THERE! Everyone saw it, why didn't they?

Hery Bill this conversation is for iontelligent persons. It is clear that the umpiring stinks throughout baseball not just Yankee games. This is not a Yankee issue but about the need for baseball to fix its umpiring problem before the game becomes a complete joke.

yes my spelling is bad,( was typing too fast) but you get my point!

It is time to do away with the umpires - there I said it!
We have the technology. The electronic strike zone will not vary
from ump to ump. An instant replay booth can handle all the calls at the bases, on the baselines, and the outfield in a matter of seconds. It's obvious that the umps can not see - for whatever reason - all the angles that the TV cameras can.
Do we want to stick to tradition or do we want a game that is called correctly?
Remove the human element and that will eliminate all the bloched
calls we saw last night!

How much longer till both feet are in the grave?

besides for the missed calls, how about home plate ump telling Scioscia that Napoli was obstructing his view. Napoli looked like a fish out of water after that - going to one knee, then the other, then both. very strange.

I see the green eyes monster is rearing it's head.

I'm not sure what the complaining is about. Isn't this the Yankees? And, isn't this what happens every year that they are in the playoffs? I mean, if Jeter and company had to face a real strike zone instead of the "Yankee" strike zone, they would bat fifty points lower. And, is it a fluke that every critical "missed" call (every year!) goes for New York? Look, it's important for TV ratings that N.Y. be in the world series and NOT a small market team. The only time that baseball was on a level playing field was between 1960 and 1975. Before 1960, the Yankees could buy their team (Hell, the Athletics were like a farm team for N.Y. and the Ruth "trade" was a cash transaction) and after 1975 they could buy their team again. In between (other than the early 60's when the remnants of their earlier purchases kept them competitive)they sucked when they had to fairly compete.

I think you need to adjust your tinfoil hat, you are getting some interference.

To Church of the Perpetually Outraged:

Ya think??? LOLOLOL

there needs to be more accountability. Bud Selig needs to stand strong and send a message. You make one wrong call shame on me, you make two wrong calls shame on you - your out. Out of the world series. time for Tim McClellan to go fishing and on vacation. I was at home drinking a beer, and smoking a cigar and got the calls right before the replay. This guy sees it unfold right in front of him and gets it wrong. And they are not even bang bang calls. It seems to me they are using what the NBA refs use a lot - make up calls. They know one ump missed a call earlier, so they take it out on the next play. Thats the only logical reason I can see. You simply have to move on from a bad call, and get the rest right. If this happens in a close game, deciding game, or somehow ends up deciding the champion - this sport will be tarnished forever.

"In my heart I thought he left too soon..."

what the frig does that mean???

There is only one reason why baseball does not allow review of a controversial call via the instant replay -- because they know that the umpires would be shown up, again and again, for the incompetent boobs that most of them are. I once saw the captain of a much-hated team of umpires smugly tell a TV interviewer, "It doesn't matter what anyone thinks they saw happen on the field; it ain't nothin' till I call it." Oh, really? Then why bother to play the game at all? Why not just let the umpires sit down with a six-pack and have them decide who they think should win the game? But if the actual plays matter, then the entire game is being cheapened by incompetent officiating that negates spectacular plays and rewards boneheaded ones. I never again want to hear an announcer say, "Boy, he caught a big break on that call," after a player who is clearly out is called safe.

It's obvious that MLB playoff umpires are chosen by senility, not ability. McClelland may be pretty good behind the plate but when he works the bases he has ADD. Not to mention not even being sharp enough to get into position to make a call. Maybe a double venti mocha would help? Or cut out the wild partying and get a good night's sleep, Tim. And cut out the "In my heart ..." crap and just admit you're human and you totally blew three calls (Swisher, cano, Posada).

If anyone needs any more proof that the umps (ok, at least McClelland) want the Yankees to lose, it is his comment "In my heart he left early." Okaaaaaayyyyy. So in other words, in his heart he was hoping Swisher left early. And even though he didn't leave early, McClelland can't fool his heart. It loves who it loves...

Jon says,"What about the play at the plate just before Swisher was picked off at second? As far as I could see from the replays, the catcher tagged the runner (I think it was Cano) before he touched the plate. The Cano's right let was in the air over the plate, but never touched it. He was tagged and then his left leg, which was under his body, slid through home plate. Yes it was bang bang, but thats another blown call by the umps, and thats before they blow the call at second with Swisher."

I have seen that replay 20 times since last night. There has not been one other person on TV or in this thread who saw the call as you did. You, obviously, have the green eye doing the thinking for you. No matter how many times you may look at the call. It was the right one by the umpire. They make enough bad calls without you conjuring up more your hatred. None of the calls discussed here took the bats out of the Angels' hands. The score was 10-1. Thank goodness the blown calls did not affect the outcome. You would then be insufferable to listen to.

Mistakes by umpires and weathermen.... no accountability by either of them...

what an idiot

THE MEN IN BLUE SHOULD BE FEELING VERY BLUE, THEY HAVE HAD A ROUGH GO OF IT!

I have to agree with the question of "why these calls were not argued"? They were just blatant, no question about it. Why didn't the umps huddle to see if another ump had a better view. They weren't trying to get it right. I have seen better umps at a little league game.

Thank you for recognizing the ridiculous, whiny ranting of someone who is clueless. Mr. Roush hates the Yankees and that is no sweat for me, but his diatribe is ludicrous. He must be confusing small market for small minded areas. Funny, since 2000 the Angels and Yanks have met twice before in the playoffs and the Angels came out on top. So much for the getting all the calls theory. If the Angels were to come back and win, then how is having Los Angeles in the series a small market situation? LA is a much bigger market than Philly. Why aren't the Dodgers getting all the calls. This guy makes no sense at all.

Old Gator diving is not a sport so please do not compare it an actual sport. The umps sucked!!!!! and have all playoffs going all the way back to the "play in" game between the Tiger and Twins

Mike Feistein recent article on MLB officiating is right on the money. They use their regular crew instead of having a scoring system to select the best umpires and use them in the LCS and WS. It is a shame that officiating is not transparent in the series even though they are adding 2 more umpires in the LF and RF line just to collect a paycheck. This is all because of the union and their archaic ways; they need to come to the 21st century and implement instant replay specially if they continue to miss call.

I have never seen a Yankee fan with the respect and reverence for the opposing teams fans in my entire life, and I've been a BoSox fan since six. Thanks Isaac, I'd buy you a beer anytime... Hopefully other Yank fans can recognize as you have (remember Nomar Garciaparra getting tagged on a double play by Knoblauch in which he was about 1 1/2 to 2 feet away from hitting Morar)

You sound like every idiot Yankee hater. I have read all over the blogs from Yankee fans that both the call at 2nd base on Swisher and the non-call on Cano at third were wrong, but I don't hear you saying anything about that ridiculous call made on Swisher leaving too soon.

Go pout somewhere else. The Yankees spend the money because they are willing to take chances on people; remember Pavano, Drabek, Randy Johnson....shall I go on. The Steinbrenner family is NOT the wealthiest group of owners in baseball; there are plenty of other owners who have more money. The biggest difference is the Steinbrenner's want to win more than anyone, and they put their money where their heart is, and that is in winning.

I would love to know who your favroite team is. You are a typical whiner. Keep in mind that the heart and soul of this team is still Derek Jeter (home grown), Posada (home grown) and Mo (home grown). So why don't you order up a big plate of suck it; because number 27 is just around the corner.

I don't mind it when they blow a close call, as long they blow them all the time, but the ump is 5 feet away from the base, and both runners a foor or a 1.5 feet away from the bag. The commish has to call him in and ask him what he was looking at. He should also ask him what he was looking at on the tag-up play. And then ask the HP plate ump why he didn't intercede on the DP miscall. He should'v had a pretty good view as well. Swisher was probably out at 2nd, but it's a split-second play that could easily be missed. The bad calls at 3rd were so bad it almost had to be because the ump just wasn't paying attention.

BTW, it was a perfect time for Scioscia to get himself tossed.

I'll second that...

"Went a little heavy on the pine tree perfume there, kid"
"Sir, it's a taxicab air freshener"
"Great. You've pinpointed it. Step two is washing it out"

Rave on - this is the same Yankee bashing that has grown so tiresome. If they win, then it's obviously because the officiating stinks, because A-Rod cheats, because Jeter gets special treatment, because...give it up.

The best team wins, and this year it's NY. Get over it. Anyone can alibi the bad calls and the bad hops. True professionals find a way to win anyway. Besides, with a 10-run margin, you can hardly argue that bad calls were all to blame.

Bad calls will always be made but these two were riduculous. However, Posada should never have been at third had he paid attention to the ball that went all the way to the on Cano's double. I'm a Yankee fan however Jorge is making too many mental errors--did he not run to the dugout after 2 outs in one of those last innings.

"If anyone needs any more proof that the umps (ok, at least McClelland) want the Yankees to lose" - Right, which explains why he let Cano stay on 3rd base when he should have been called out.

"Always"? Bad call in favor of Angels was the Swisher call on third. Don't say "always", there are exceptions. I does seem that many of the calls have gone the Yankees way. However, the Angels are making a lot of mistakes in the field and on the base paths. Can't make that many mistakes and hope to win a best of 7 series.

I've never seen so many missed calls as we have during this post-season. The Angels have been snake-bitten with them for years now going back to the White Sox series. However, I never want to see instant replay in MLB. It wrecked football. Umpires are a part of the game. Those calls will live in infamy, like major comebacks and critical hits or errors by the players. It will be part of the legend and lore of the game. Let's leave it that way. But if you really want to solve the umpiring problem then put Lou Piniella in charge of the umpire corps after he retires from managing. The strike zone would be honored and the calls would improve--or else!

I always wanted to be an umpire but they found out I had two parents and was ineligible. They could care less if they are right or wrong. Umpiring for post season is done on a rotational basis, not like football where the better official crews get the games. NFL was even smart enough to rate the crew as a whole instead of individually so that the crews that work well together would do a good job in the playoffs. Umpires are conceited, arrogant, drunks that could care less. Use instant replay and show just how bad these baffoons are.

"I have never seen a Yankee fan with the respect and reverence for the opposing teams fans in my entire life, and I've been a BoSox fan since six."

There is a difference in earning respect and demanding it. It would be nice to know how often you tried to find Yankee fans unlike your sterotyping and hatred have shaped. Statements like the above one you made would lead people to believe you like to speak in generalities. Even if you did meet reverent fans you would have still made your remarks. That is the Red Sox fans way. I am sure Fenway Park filled with you crybabies yelling over and over, "Yankees suck," means you are all far above disrespecting opposing teams. Get real, whiner. Remember back in 2004 when Ben Affleck cried about having to sit for a few hours next to the Yankees dugout. He said he would have to suffer for a few hours, but could do it. Well, we all had to suffer for a few hours watching, "Gigli," a pathetic piece of celluloid tripe as I have ever seen. It works both ways infecteau.

I don't care which team faces the National League, not do I care which team wins the Series. The officiating in both Leagues is same, it reaks of something other than fairness. Team owners or at least the managers and players should push for an in depth investigation of the Umpires and the organization that they belong to. Most of the games I've watched this year, especially in the post-season appear to have a rather high amount of inconsistancy of fairness toward one team or another in each game or series of games, and as much as I love my Rockies, they were guilty as hell in covering up on dropped fly balls in the outfield, but in the Phillies series the pitch count display showed what the plate ump was calling as strikes for the Phillies pitchers were balls for Rockies pitchers. And it didn't matter which crew or which park it was impossible to get a fair call in the NLDS. I'm really reluctant to claim they're taking payoffs but it sure appears that way.

"I'm really reluctant to claim they're taking payoffs but it sure appears that way."

That is a heavy accusation you make without an iota of evidence in support of it.

One expects close calls to be missed now and then and can only hope they even out and do not affect the outcome of a close game. I usually give umps the benefit of a doubt, but the number of missed calls this year is outrageous. Is it favoratism or just plain incompetence? I don't know. However, if they can't straighten it out, the only answer is instant replay and review.

This incredibly "incompetent" umpiring is not confined to this game in the post season. Every single post season series has calls blown so obviously that it can't be a mistake. SI even ran an article on it this month. MLB stands to gain the most TV revenue from what teams in the post season? Major market (east and west coast)teams. In the World Series? The Yankees. We don't need instant replay in baseball. There needs to be an investigation of MLB for fraud. The Yankees didn't pay off the umpires. MLB did.

Well it does not matter anymore. I will watch something else now . Theses games are a production from MLB and the goon from the Brewers. NY must win they have a very big expensive stadiumn to pay for. OH I mean the TAXPAYERS have to pay for . I have seen better umpireing in little league than what we have seen so far. If it was just one game well maybe someone forgot his eye drops. But it seems to be every game. And their arrogance about what the saw. Hell I would be will to bet they saw a space ship land and take someone away. They think (and believe ) they are 100% correct.
Now who will win the 2010 world series?

This is BS. Cano went with the umpire's call. He is not the one that is supposed to make the call. If he argues a call that he feels incorrect he is punished. This would be exactly that!

Please,leave that crack alone!

"This incredibly "incompetent" umpiring is not confined to this game in the post season. Every single post season series has calls blown so obviously that it can't be a mistake. SI even ran an article on it this month. MLB stands to gain the most TV revenue from what teams in the post season? Major market (east and west coast)teams. In the World Series? The Yankees. We don't need instant replay in baseball. There needs to be an investigation of MLB for fraud. The Yankees didn't pay off the umpires. MLB did."

The fact that you come home late many nights while your husband thinks you are with friends is telling. Obviously, coming home late means you are having an affair and that can't be a mistake. Time magazine ran an article on cheating wives this month. There needs to be an investigation for fraud. Especially you paying off a co-worker to not spill the beans.

Isn't it fun just talking off the top of our heads and making up wild-ass stories to show how easily people are so full of themselves? Next, she will tell us how ET is still here and is the real owner of this blog.

"Well it does not matter anymore. I will watch something else now."

Thank you. We cannot tell you how happy you have made all of us. Please, do not try to post in the future if you do not watch. It may be hard for you to understand that your team is not playing and nobody else cares. Hey, that makes everyone just like you. I'll bet you think you have hurt someone's feelings.

I love you too, sweetheart. You up for a spot of necrophilia tonight?

So what most people are saying is the YANKEES PAIF OFF the Umpires
well THAT SURE IS SMART, TOO BAD YOUR TEAM CAN'T THINK LIKE THAT.
GOOD JOB FELLAS MAKE SURE THE WORLD SERIES TROPHY IS RETURNED TO IT'S RIGHTFUL PLACE, NEW YORK.

BUH BYE

First the players make so much money there is not of a reason to keep playing, especially in November.
Tony for the Cardinals wanted to go back home for his animal rights and other stuff. As long as Bud Selig is in charge nothing will change. The umpires are over paid fat union guys. Where is Pete Rose. That is a shame.
Half of the players should not be in the Bigs. Did you know that Yogi stuck out only 12 times in almost 600 at bats. Stan the Man would have hit 800 home runs if St Louis did have a screen in right.

It sure must be a nice feeling to have bought your way into the series!? Isn't is odd how you get to see 5 camera angles that "prove" when the Angels miss a play but 1 or 2 angles that are "inconclusive" (oops, do not prove) that the Skanees (yankees) got got away with another favor from the paid off umpire!! New York hasn't had a REAL Baseball Player for decades!! All you have out there now are people who work at the game of baseball and end up going for the big money. That is the real tragedy of baseball across the board in general but in the Bronx specifically. Maybe that is why Anaheim is still voted consistently as the best city/community for sports in the country! The people and the players have a love of the game and an desire to bring home the title honestly without the help of the dirty "Rat Bastard" Umps!
Go Halos

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