Watching the Red Sox and Angels game last night was almost a painful experience, the umpiring in the game was just plain atrocious. Joe West was questionable at best behind the plate with the Red Sox Jon Lester getting visibly upset at least a few times. Joe West was fabulous compared to first base umpire C.B. Bucknor. He missed two fairly easy calls last night that both went against the visiting Red Sox. The first bad call came in the fourth inning when a throw by Alex Gonzalez pulled Kevin Youkilis of the bag but Youk made a sweep tag of Howie Kendrick who was clearly out to everyone,everyone that is but Bucknor. The second was in the sixth and another errant throw, this one by Mike Lowell, pulled Youk off the bag but he got his foot bag on in time, but once again Bucknor disagreed. Now these plays probably didn't cost the Red Sox to lose 5-0, John Lackey along with no Red Sox offense did that, but the umpiring needs to be better in the playoffs. This leads me to my main point why in the world is C.B. Bucknor even an umpire let alone allowed to be part of a playoff crew. Bucknor has twice been rated as the worst umpire in baseball, yet he gets this important assignment. Epic fail on MLB's part.
One more note what was with that little display by Torii Hunter after he hit his three run home run last night. Slamming his helmet on the floor of the dugout and acting like they just won the series. What would have been funny is if the helmet had hit Hunter or another member of the Angels and they missed the rest of the postseason because of this stupidity. Torii it is okay to enjoy the moment but act like you have been there before.
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Some of the worst officiating I've seen since Knoblockhead tagged out Offerman with enough space to park a Cadillac between them. I guess they have like 9 umpires out with injuries, but thats no excuse to me. If this is the bottom of the barrell, perhaps they need a new barrell. Disgraceful.
ReplyDeleteI think both series will be good. I'd like to root for the Dodgers, but I realy dislike Manny also. It could go either way, if I were a betting man, and I am, I'd take the Phils in six. Of course I'll be pulling for the Angels, by default. However, (big swallow) the Yankees really seem to be that good. But, I'll stick with the underdog Angels, and the feel good winning through the pain kind of season they've put together.