Let's start off with some headlines from sports pages around the country....
UMPIRE MISCUES SCARRING MLB POST SEASON
QUESTIONABLE UMPIRING COSTS BRAVES
BLOWN CALLS TAKE DOWN TWINS
THE HUMAN ELEMENT 1 BRAVES 0
CONTROVERSIAL CALLS KEY TO RANGERS VICTORY
UMP MISCUES THREATEN MLB'S LEGITIMACY
CONTROVERSY REIGNS ON DAY 2 OF POST SEASON
Yeah. I'm pretty sick of it. It's no wonder baseball lost it's "national past time" moniker years ago. It's now become a world wide joke.
Giant, Yankee, Ranger fans don't seem to mind. But just wait, your turn is coming.
If it wasn't for that horrendous umpiring last night, the Braves and Giants would still be playing in inning 57. And that's not even taking into account the rather, uh... Giant friendly strike zone. But I'll leave him alone for now. That idiot at 2nd base deserves all of the wrath.
What 2nd base umpire makes a call at 2nd standing between the pitching mound and 1st base?????
I love how The Sports Network (Canada's ESPN) kept on calling that blown call as the "Human Element" that cost the Braves the win. In reference to Selig's insistance on retaining the Human Element and not using replay.
Baseball has joined the ranks of Pro Wrestling as a joke sport in the eyes of the world, only not as entertaining. Congrats Bud. Job well done.
