Over 20 million are watching the World Series, which means that forty million eyes saw home plate umpire Jeff Nelson’s whack-job strike zone, and firstbase ump Brian Gorman’s washed double play calls on Thursday night. Let’s stay on this topic for just a little while longer. A reader typed in about FOX’s new “super” breakthrough [...]
If you think baseball has umpiring problems, what are we going to do with the NBA? Specifically, the well-rested referees who will be calling Cleveland Cavalier games. How do you call both Shaq and LeBron when they are on the floor at the same time? With the additional step that the NBA has allowed this [...]
Hey, what’s the big deal about instant replay in baseball? These traditionalist folks hold the game back and would rather have Tim McClelland tell us what’s wrong is right than get it correctly. The biggest argument is that replay would slow down the game. Well, Bill Webb, who expertly directs the FOX broadcasts, has every [...]
Before the Yankee haters overplay the disparity of salaries between the teams, let’s put it out there….the Yankees pay about $88 million more in salary for their team then the Phillies. How much revenue do you think they’ve generated with the seven playoff games they’ve played so far? How about four to seven more? Do [...]
October 23, 2009 By Norman Rey Friday 8:00 PM ESPN2 Rutgers at Army There’s no baseball until Saturday. No real golf. Exhibition NBA two days before the regular season starts. For the New Yorked-based and lovers of our Armed Services, the Rutgers at Army football game is an appetizer for the main course of the [...]
