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Sunday, October 16, 2005 |
So Sorry, Bad Calls Only Go Against The Angels: White Sox 6, Angels 3
It appears that the umpires only feel obliged to "get it right" when the result of the calls go against the Angels. The call on Pierzynski was obviously wrong, but then they had to huddle to make sure the damn thing went against the Angels. Hitting or no, this umpiring crew has money against the home team.
Just about everyone on the Angels' staff pitched badly tonight. Consistently giving away at bats just killed them today as it did the whole series. The Angels have some tough offseason choices to make, and let's hope we don't get anymore idiotic Cabrera maneuvers.
Update: Yes, Richard, it's been a fun ride, save for the last four games. Go Astros!
Comments:
If you're going to be pissed at anyone, blame Escobar. Total absence of brains on that play, not to mention grooving one to Crede earlier.
The series was tainted enough without the Yankee and White Sox trolls being given more ammunition to make empty "karma" potshots.
The series was tainted enough without the Yankee and White Sox trolls being given more ammunition to make empty "karma" potshots.
# posted by 
: 10/16/2005 08:15:00 PM
: 10/16/2005 08:15:00 PM
You know what? I don't care. Escobar blew it -- sure. But dammit, I'm sick and tired of the "right" call getting made only when doing so would go against the Angels. It's bullshit.
are you seriously complaining that they got the call right?
you guys did get the ground-rule double run earlier in the game, which could have gone either way.
you guys did get the ground-rule double run earlier in the game, which could have gone either way.
no rob is completely right on this. Angels' fans in general are not saying that our team is playing well, we are only saying that every thing that can go against us in addition to our bad play has, and that the series might be a lot closer without every break going to the Sox (although we are not faulting the Sox for this). I think we are just upset that these poor calls have not allowed this series to truly be played to its complete fruition.
# posted by : 10/16/2005 08:26:00 PM
: 10/16/2005 08:26:00 PM
Vishal:
1) that is a discretion call. Kennedy was already at second base when the ball bounced.
2) That is the ONLY break the Angels have gotten this whole series.
1) that is a discretion call. Kennedy was already at second base when the ball bounced.
2) That is the ONLY break the Angels have gotten this whole series.
You can't say that the calls haven't hurt us. All the same, the bats have been cold. Other than the CI call yesterday none of the calls have affected the offense. Yes, the Sox got handed the momentum, but they still had to run with it, they have, and we haven't done a damn thing to stop them.
The umps didn't turn K-Rod into Rick Vaughn, or Vlad into Finley.
Give the Sox a little credit, give the umps a little credit, and give the Angels' hitters credit for not bothering to show up.
The umps didn't turn K-Rod into Rick Vaughn, or Vlad into Finley.
Give the Sox a little credit, give the umps a little credit, and give the Angels' hitters credit for not bothering to show up.
# posted by : 10/16/2005 08:34:00 PM
: 10/16/2005 08:34:00 PM
Nobody's saying the bats haven't been cold, or that the Sox offense hasn't cashed those guys in when they needed to. I'm just sick and tired of bad calls consistently going against the Angels.
The only thing I can think is that they can't count on that kind of luck in the World Series.
The only thing I can think is that they can't count on that kind of luck in the World Series.
"Can't count on that kind of luck?"
"1917" versus the Killer B's Last Dance versus The End of Busch Stadium. Which makes the better story?
"1917" versus the Killer B's Last Dance versus The End of Busch Stadium. Which makes the better story?
# posted by : 10/16/2005 08:46:00 PM
: 10/16/2005 08:46:00 PM
Are you suggesting they're throwing the games to make Fox happy? If that were true, wouldn't the Angels and White Sox be done now, and the Red Sox and Yankees still be in it?
you guys did get the ground-rule double run earlier in the game, which could have gone either way.
I don't want to wade into the larger argument, but that call was meaningless. Both runs would have scored based on the succession of plays that followed regardless of whether they allowed Kennedy to score.
I don't want to wade into the larger argument, but that call was meaningless. Both runs would have scored based on the succession of plays that followed regardless of whether they allowed Kennedy to score.
Were there other poor calls than the Eddings call?
Last night they missed a pick-off of Podsednik at first base. He later scored. Also, they missed a catcher's interference when Finley hit AJ's glove. It should have been bases loaded with one out. Instead was no runs, double play, out of the inning.
Last night they missed a pick-off of Podsednik at first base. He later scored. Also, they missed a catcher's interference when Finley hit AJ's glove. It should have been bases loaded with one out. Instead was no runs, double play, out of the inning.
I would have loved to been on the field to hear Mike's argument. Probably something along the lines of "I don't care what happened! You a**holes owe us one, dammit!"
The Angels should have won the series. They were clearly the better team, and absolutely would have won if only the umpiring had been better. They were robbed and Angels fans should feel personally violated. It's an insult to the integrity of the sport.
This is a travesty and should be examined very thoroughly before the 2006 season begins. The Angels were robbed of a pennant, pure and simple.
This is a travesty and should be examined very thoroughly before the 2006 season begins. The Angels were robbed of a pennant, pure and simple.
# posted by : 10/16/2005 10:28:00 PM
: 10/16/2005 10:28:00 PM
I really don't feel like they were "robbed" so much as they didn't have a complete chance. All the bad calls went against the Angels, and it did feel like the umpiring crew was interested in getting the calls right only when it would have helped the Sox.
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