 AP Photo It's time. After an October that seemed to include at least one botched call by umpires per game, instant replay needs to become as much a part of the postseason as bunting and frigid weather. TAGGED: umpires, instant replay, world series 2009, mlb postseason 2009, mlbRECOMMENDED ARTICLES| 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... more ›› |
| 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.
Choke on... 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 ›› |
| The great irony of last year's World Series title was that the hard-hitting Phillies really got through October on the strength of their pitching. It was like Andy Reid winning the Super Bowl with 300 rushing yards and only 10... more ›› |
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