Umpires (Diebold) fixing Series against Phillies (Obama)

[PCIntern]

Anyone else watching this travesty of umpiring?

[FSogol]

1. BALK! n/t

[pirate_satellite]

2. Are you talking about the balk they didn't call on the pickoff yesterday?

[PCIntern]

4. No...

The non=strikeout strikeout which just cost the Phillies a run (Rays Scored).

[pirate_satellite]

6. A run isn't going to matter tonight

but the missed balk call last night might have cost the Rays the game.

At best, a wash.

[NRaleighLiberal]

3. Come on, man! Missed balk call last night was pretty major, I believe!

[PCIntern]

7. Pitchers get away with a lot...

but the ump rang the Ray up on strikes and then appealed it to the 1st base ump who ruled no swing...which it was.

[BlueStateGirl]

5. yea.... this is total BS. He swung. Go Phils!

[daninthemoon]

At least it's not a real series. Phillies and Rays don't really count, do they?

[daninthemoon]

8. At least it's not a real series. Phillies and Rays don't really count, do they?

[PCIntern]

9. EMDR

[daninthemoon]

11. Don't know EMDR, but I'm sure it's less than kind.

[PCIntern]

12. LOL...not all bad...

I'll let it go and assume you were being :sarcasm:

[Graybeard]

10. So far this is the worst umpiring I've seen in a W.S.

All year long the umpiring has been terrible, but one would expect the better umps to be in the World Series. How are they chosen? By seniority? Lottery?

[PCIntern]

14. Palin chose them..."out of thousands....

all the others were too flat"

With apologies to Monty Python

[Sebastian Doyle]

13. Did the NFL refs from Super Bowl XL switch sports?

:shrug:

[mvd]

15. It was a bad call, but the Phillies have GOT to start hitting with guys on base

It's just ridiculous. They won't win the series unless they start driving in runs without homers. And this city needs this series.

[PCIntern]

16. Right you are...sickening.

[mvd]

17. Happened again

:-(

[PCIntern]

19. Werth is going to single-handedly cost them the Championship.

[Graybeard]

18. Agreed, the Phillies have to win this for themselves...but

...it is so infuriating to see bad calls determine the outcome of a game. (btw this Mets fan is cheering "Go Phillies!")

[mvd]

28. The home plate umpire has seemed pretty anti-Phillies the whole game

But I don't think it has cost them this game. If they could actually hit with guys on, I'd have an argument. The Phils seem flat and dejected tonight. I hope that changes in game three.

[Sugarcoated]

20. Whatsup with the Phil's?

They're tense as hell . . . or something.

[Occam Bandage]

21. When you're 0-fer-123,412 with RISP, you can't blame the umps.

[jobycom]

22. I thought the Phillies were McCain?

They are the old team that's been trying to win for as long as I can remember. The Rays are the new, fresh team for a new generation!

Umps always suck when your team is losing. They become miraculously fair when it is winning. Last night the umps sucked. Today they are okay.

[Sugarcoated]

24. What a bizarre thing to say

:crazy:

[jobycom]

25. What a bizarre response to what I said,

:shrug:

[Sugarcoated]

26. Yes, the analogy you thought up is bizarre.

And juvenile.

[jobycom]

27. I didn't think it up, the OP did. I just flipped it.

As for juvenile, if any part of this thread seems more than juvenile to you, you are taking it way too seriously.

[Sugarcoated]

32. I love the Phil's, but it's just a game.

PCIntern is a fellow Philly DU'er . . . the OP is kind of silly but not mean spirited . . . or . . . creepy.

[mvd]

29. Nope, Phils haven't been in the WS since 1993

That's plenty Obama-like to me. I really do think the umpire has been biased, and I've never liked Danley. Just my opinion. I also think Philly needs a championship a lot more than Tampa does.

That said, if we can't hit, we'll lose fair ans square.

[jobycom]

30. I grew up near New Orleans cheering for a team that never had a winning season

while I lived there. Don't give me nothin' about who "needs" a championship. :rofl:

[mvd]

35. We really do need it

No four-team city has suffered this long, so yes, I say we need it more as a city.

I'm just going to agree to disagree with you about the game. I'm still upset about it (both the umpiring and the hitting,) so it's best we leave it at a disagreement. :hi:

[jobycom]

40. I think New Orleans has you on the suffering category, too.

There's more than sports.

[mvd]

41. I'm not saying they didn't suffer that way

That was horrible. I'm just talking about the sports here. And people do take sports personally in Philly.

[jobycom]

42. I know. They must.

They throw batteries at Santa Claus! :rofl:

Which, btw, appeals to a certain iconoclastic part of me. Still, you have to wonder if there's a Santa curse...

[BlueStateGirl]

38. When Tampa votes 90% Democratic, they can be Obama. ;-)

[jobycom]

39. Hmm...

Alright, I surrender to that argument. :rofl:

[trumad]

23. Ugg---

Obviously a new sports fan eh?

[MrSlayer]

31. The umpire is not the problem.

They are killing themselves by striking out in crucial situations. It's maddening.

[Sugarcoated]

33. I agree

You can't win if you squander that many opportunities. Maybe not their night . . . although they have a little something going on here in the 9th . . .

[mvd]

37. I think they will still win the series

Phils won't lose in Philly. I'll admit if I'm wrong.

[MrSlayer]

34. Rollins was hit by that pitch.

The umpire is an idiot.

[mvd]

36. Best I not say everything about that subject

;)