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Thursday, September 08, 2005Fire Larry Young!Worst call in the history of baseball. Don Denkinger was just incompetent, whereas Larry Young's call was clearly malicious - or perhaps financially motivated. And don't call it hyperbole until you've seen it. It will shock and disgust you. UPDATE: The Angels are men of impressive restraint. If I was on the same field as Larry Young, and I had easy access to a baseball bat, I don't think I could stop myself from beating all the teeth out of that shit-eating grin of his. JOSH: So, I watched the Raiders game tonight (they are currently league leaders in blocks, rushing yards, penalties, and losses) and so, know only what I have read from various Angel bloggers about this play. That's when I decided to watch Baseball Tonight on ESPN so that I can see the play. Of course, the Angel-Red Sox highlights they show are only the 8th/9th inning strikeouts that Shields and Frankie K picked up. Later on, they show the Trot Nixon catch in the 4th as a Web Gem (I am almost certain that that is the play in question), but they show nothing of baserunning, an appeal, or Angel staff being ejected. So, I checked MLB.com's highlights (knowing full well they would never put up a highlght that shows an umpire in a bad light), and they ALSO have the catch but not what happened afterwards. Shouldn't this be the most newsworthy aspect of the game? ESPN.com even has a separate news story (from AP) about it, in which they say that replays indicated the umpire was wrong. So, then I check out the ESPN Motion of the game, and they show the catch, OC running to 3rd, the appeal, and the argument, but they do not show the replay nor do they mention whether there should be a controversy. This is HORRIBLE reporting by all parties involved. UPDATE: Rev. Halofan: "the ump's wife wakes up with a horse's head in the bed."Seitz: "If she's married to Larry Young, she usually wakes up with a horse's ass in the bed, so I'm not sure she'd get the significance."Heh! Comments:Can't believe he called Orlando for not tagging, what a load of crap! And what an inning by Shields, 3 sweet K's I don't think Larry Young is taking a dive, nor do I think he has it out for the Angels or Scioscia. What I do know is that he's a shitty umpire and owes Scioscia and the team an apology. Oh, as for the "worst call in the history of baseball," I reserve the right to claim this play as such. I saw the replay on BoSox TV. Their announcers even agreed that this was the 2nd botched call in as many nights... They joked about the fact that Larry Young better hope he doesnt umpire an Angels game for the rest of the season. The instant replay was there, I saw it with my own eyes, and the truth is Orlando tagged, left 1-2 sec after trot made the catch. Trot hit the stands and was obscured by teh fans after he made the catch, AFTER HE MADE THE CATCH.. UNBEFUCKINGLIEVABLE. I was hoping Mickey Hatcher would kick the living shit outta that scumbag ump. THROW HIM THE FUCK OUT OF MLB, what a greedy motherfucking biased asswipe. The worst part was the ump behidn the plate took offense that scocsia came out a 2nd time to discuss during the commercial. And tossed him out, thats when Mickey lost it. Finley could barely hold him back. Face was red as a chili pepper. They were disussing how that ump had been in mlb for 20years... unbelievable. MLB needs to investigate this sleezbag. sorry for the language, I really had to vent after 2 games of bs. Where the hell is ESPN? A good story takes a backseat to East Coast Bias. |
