Kevin Cowherd: Orioles-Rays game demonstrates need for expanded instant replay
3 days ago
Actually, it was only fun if your idea of a good time is a long game delay while both managers and all four umpires yak endlessly about whether Joyce's shot was a foul ball, a double or a homer.
Umpires' ugly week proves need for more changes
11 days ago
He also ordered the media's pool reporter, the respected Susan Slusser, to turn off her voice recorder when she went later to the umpire's room, asking questions.
Column: Replay looms after bad week for umpires
11 days ago
That seems to have been the case in Cleveland, where three umpires couldn't bring themselves to change a call despite irrefutable evidence on the screen in front of them that it was a home run.
Marcum exits early again, Mets lose to Pirates 7-3
12 days ago
The umpires went inside to look at the replay and, after a 1 1/2-minute delay, came back on the field and signaled a home run that gave Pittsburgh a 6-0 cushion.
Umps get it right on Jones' HR, Pirates beat Mets
12 days ago
Jones ended up on third and Pirates manager Clint Hurdle came out for a quick discussion with umpire Joe West.
MLB suspends, fines umps after 2nd mistake
12 days ago
And while baseball does have video replay for some hard-to-tell calls - and has talked for a couple of years about expanding its scope - there was no mistaking what umpires saw.
MLB suspends one umpire, fines all four for Angels-Astros debacle
12 days ago
Major League Baseball on Friday suspended the crew chief and fined all four umpires involved in a bizarre incident during Thursday's game between the Angels and Houston Astros.
MLB acknowledges 2nd umpire mistake in 2 days
13 days ago
On Wednesday night, umpire Angel Hernandez and his crew went to a video review but didn't reverse a clear ninth-inning home run by Oakland in a game it lost by one run at Cleveland.
Angels edge Astros, 6-5, snap losing streak
13 days ago
The dust had barely settled from that mess when the Angels took the umpires off the hook by taking the lead in the eighth.
Phil Rogers: Don't overreact to umpire's mistake
13 days ago
He defended umpire Sam Holbrook after his blown infield-fly-rule call contributed greatly to the Braves' elimination in the wild-card playoff against the Cardinals in October.