 AP Photo Umpires added two more tick marks to their overflowing register of screw-ups Thursday night. These came in Game 2 of a World Series in which Major League Baseball broke from protocol and brought in a specific crew of veteran arbiters to ensure the miscues of the first two rounds wouldn’t dare find their way into games of such importance. TAGGED: instant replay, umpires, world series 2009, Philadelphia Phillies, New York Yankees, mlb postseason 2009, mlbRECOMMENDED ARTICLES| But MLB hasn't changed that rule – yet. Instead, the league is relaxing the unwritten rule that the World Series crew will include at least one umpire officiating his first Fall Classic. After the barrage of missed calls,... more ›› |
| ANAHEIM, Calif. -- At the top of the food chain, a major league umpire makes upward of $300,000 to work six months a year. Don't choke on that, because it gets worse.
Tim McClelland is at the top of the food chain.
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PHILADELPHIA – They want the Yankees. Nobody in the clubhouse of the National League champions would say that quite yet, because baseball is too... more ›› |
| By the time Ryan Howard was drafted by the Phillies in the fifth round in June 2001, Alex Rodriguez was two months into his record $252 million contract with the Texas Rangers, already a bona fide star with several playoff trips... more ›› |
| Pedro Martinez, tonight's starter in game two of the World Series, played the lead role, with a supporting part from Grady Little, in the third most disastrous moment in Red Sox history when he blew a 5-2 lead late in the seventh... more ›› |
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