Umpires for the division series
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Here are the umpires for the division series and how they will line up in Game 1:
Plate: Bruce Froemming (crew chief)
First: Laz Diaz
Second: Ron Kulpa
Third: Fieldin Culbreth
Left: Gerry Davis
Right: Jim Wolf
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Chad Jennings
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Does anyone know anything about Froemming’s strike zone. Hopefully, it will be small. The Yankees will need base runners against Sabbathia.
This is Froemming’s last hurrah. Hopefully, Yankee fans will be saying, “Hooray!”
oh cool, we get randy wolf’s brother
as much as i know about baseball (which isn’t a whole lot but enough) i know absolutely zero about umpires.
can someone decode this crew?
mel–What I’m saying wouldn’t get past the screening on this blog….
Froemming is a creep.
http://tinyurl.com/ytdcjn
Froemming hasn’t been a good umpire in years. Plus, his attitude tends to overwhelm the guys that work on his crew. Terrible choice. He is ok behind the plate. On the bases? He’s awful because he is so lazy at this point in his career, he doesn’t get in good position to make calls.
Diaz: For years, he was considered a bad umpire. He actually had a good year this year. That should tell you how bad the umpires have been this year.
Kulpa and Culbreth are ok, nothing special.
Davis: He was the umpire who blew the call on Bloomquist (when he was out by three feet) against the Yankees earlier in the year. He also cost the Blue Jays a game at the Stadium this year by blowing 3 calls at first. He has had an AWFUL season. Shocked he is in the post-season rotation.
Wolf: Better behind the plate than any of the guys on this crew.
The best ball/strike umpire in the game is Ed Rapuano. I was hoping he would work this series.
Overall, its a pretty bad group of post-season umpires. Hopefully, they won’t get in the way of this series.
“When Froemming takes the field, he is the clear authority figure. His games are played at a brisk pace. No one dawdles. He makes hitters swing the bat by maintaining a consistently generous strike zone.”
Rocky Mountain News, 9/21/07
Oh yeah, and the whole antisemitism thing.
What’s the deal with announcing the crew? In college basketball, you don’t know who’s officiating until they step on the hardwood. So much for the integrity of the game.
Local talk radio had a discussion about instant replay. The host is a longtime broadcaster and said that umpiring is part of baseball’s colorful history. It’s the only major sport where fans actually know half the officials. Was kind of interesting.
My friend just showed thsi to me and I think it’s funny…
http://thesportshernia.typepad.....d-car.html
No not Froemming! ughhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
no jeff nelson…..
Andrea,
I don’t know which is funnier this quote: “While receiving my wild card hat, I had to sign for the delivery and when I attempted to do so, all ten of my fingers immediately cracked and became dislocated, and a tendon in my elbow ruptured. I have not seen the hat yet, but the Yankee fans should know I’ll be back and better than, well, just better.”
– Carl Pavano
Or the pictures of Papelbon celebrating. Was he too drunk to realize that he was celebrating on the field in his undergarments?
mel: I have not seen those pictures, nor do I have any desire to. Did that really happen?
Oh Good Lord. The Yankees are sooooooo screwed. Although they did luck out and not get Cowboy Joe West.
It’s sad we all know these umps so well. That shows how bad they are.
http://thesportshernia.typepad.....the-h.html
They’re not panties or anything, but really, he was half dressed. Just look at the last picture, everyone else had the sense to put something on.
I would have been better off never having seen that. He even tucked his shirt into his underpants.
haha, Andrea. Seriously, doesn’t he look like the swimmer from the Village People? What? There wasn’t one?
Pete,
Quick! Get us some real news! We’re going crazy! It’s down to Britney and Papelbon. AHHH!
Sox fans can make fun of the Yankee celebration all they want. No one did *that*.
i used to be a swimmer. True story.
Show them the picture.
Poor Andruw Jones. Just wasn’t his year. Braves have unceremoniously announced that they won’t resign him. He’s going to be a great pickup for someone next year. He’ll be extra motivated.
All it took was 2 and a fraction years for Papelbon to become a full fledged member of a silly college cowtown.
A bonafide Alfred E. Neuman wannabe.
i will not.
I know that it shouldn’t matter, but can this umpiring crew be any worse?!?!?
“I know that it shouldn’t matter, but can this umpiring crew be any worse?!?!?”
Yes is could have Angel Hernandez
uh, you think the pictures are bad? watch this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uu43lbTrvOQ
Yes, J-dawg. Angel Hernandez. Ugh.
Right. We did dodge that bullet and also C.B. Bucknor!
keith,
Thanks. Thanks a lot. Nightmares until the day I die. That was just awful. They had to drag him off the field it was so embarrassing. I hope Damon and Trot got an eyeful of that. Well, maybe we’ll see Mo dancing some salsa or something after we win the world series. That might make the nightmares go away. My ribs hurt right now.
If they were laughing while dancing like that, fine. Have fun. But Papelbon was completely serious about that dance.
Is he ill?
There really are no words for that dance. For that, he deserves to be eliminated from the playoffs. I don’t think anyone should see that again. Wow.
Oh, today is the 29th (yikes!) anniversary of the Bucky Dent game. I called my brother to reminisce about watching it in our rec room on 11 Alive. Oh, good times.
mel – I think we’ll all be here in the middle of the night due to our nightmares from that. That was really hideous. I like the announcers though making fun of him – “that guy (circled) is supposed to take you to the promised land. . . ” Ha Ha Ha.
I am so going through sports withdrawal. I can’t wait until these games get started!
Andrea–He’s on Boston, isn’t he?
Isn’t that illness in its own right?
Umpires blew so many games this yr – they probably altered the post-season teams – especially last nite when Holliday never touched the plate. The padres may have won that game in the top of the next inning. That phillies – rockies series is going to be pretty crazy tho. lets just hope the umps dont decide to choose which team wins the world series this yr.
I might have one extra ticket for Game 4. Tier MVP near the Yankees dugout. I just would like to break even and get my money back.
If anyone is interested, let me know.
Motown – Yankee classics had that game on last night. I watched some of it after the CO-SD game finally ended. Saw Bucky’s homerun and went to bed happy. First, I had to keep my hubby up and tell him the story of how I called that homerun. Really. I did. Ask my dad.
Seriously Clay??
Didnt Froemming and Diaz both blow critical calls for the yanks this yr? I know Diaz really messed up that stolen base that eventually led to the winning run. I remember Froemming doing something awful. Its like they picked the worst umps for this game.
Yeah, I won’t know for a few days though.
CONSPIRACY THEORY
there’s three games scheduled manana.
3:07 PM; 6:37 PM: 10:07 PM
all the games are on a single cable outlet, TBS, which means they’ll have to hold up the game (including a sold out ballpark), if one of the preceding games runs long.
Playoff games run long to begin with cuz they add an additional commerical spot between breaks.
there two chief culprits of long games: taking pitches and replacing pitchers.
to keep these games moving along, look for a wide strike-zone, forcing batters to swing, resulting in low pitch counts and reduced mid-inning reliefs.
Lori – you called it back then? What a great game that was; solidified my Yankeefandom. I had the hugest crush on Bucky back then. (I saw him in real life later at the place I worked at in high school, he definitely had a larger than life quality about him).
Clay–Lori responded first, but if she falls through, I’m interested too!
Froemming’s retiring after this year. Check out this great pic of him and Billy Martin –
http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/.....-ussc.html
Ok Clay – let me know because YES I am VERY interested.
Motown – I did. My dad and I were in the car driving down Rockaway Blvd. I loved Bucky. My absolute favorite Yankee then (replaced only in recent years by Tino). So Bucky comes up to the plate and I tell my dad, Bucky’s going to hit a homerun. My dad says no way, Bucky’s never hit a homerun. Sure enough, next pitch goes over the Green Monster. My dad and I were screaming so hard he had to pull over. True story. Dad and I were just talking about it the other day when we were discussing the All Star and Old Timers games.
check this one out
http://thesportshernia.typepad.....9_8193.jpg
lol
Oh Jennifer – that is just cruel and unusual punishment. Some warning please. What if my kids were with me?
Ok, If it’s available I’ll let you know.
Man, I wish I could share baseball with my parents…but they’re just not interested.
I do get to share it with my brothers though. That’s pretty special.
WOw that is total bs. How can you hold up a game!! That totally messes with the pitchers who have routines they go thru prior to games.
The videos of Papelbon dancing is the funniest/most embarrassing video I’ve ever seen.
Baseball was how I got to know my dad. He and Scooter taught me all I need to know about baseball (well, at least until I learned about OPS and VORP). My brother and I blackberry each other during all Yankee games–he’s in the midwest and I am in Jersey. I’ve got two tickets to game 7 of the World Series and I keep trying to get him to fly out. Although we think it’ll be Yankees in 4…
No, no, no. MLB already announced that TNT would broadcast the beginning of any games that can’t be broadcast on TBS due to overrun. When the earlier game concludes, the TNT broadcast switches to TBS.
I thought they were going to be on TNT if they couldnt’ start on TBS on time?
Jennifer: you’re a jerk. Now I’m definitely having nightmares.
Clay: if you have the ticket and Lori falls through, ME ME ME!
Jennifer – I don’t think they will hold up the games, they will be broadcast on another channel. TLC (?). But remember that if you are TIVOing.
I hear you Motown. My dad used to take me out of school for opening day every single year. I was there when it rained Reggie bars! Definitely some of my favorite memories. Unfortunately things weren’t always so great between us, so that past helped establish a good foundation we can keep coming back to now. I called him from a game once (I can’t remember which game) just so he could hear the crowd screaming!
hello cleveland!!!!
Lori: my dad and I share baseball, too. I get the tickets now though, because I got the season tickets. He works strange hours though (6 to 2) so if he wants to come to a day game with me, he just leaves a little early. We went to opening day for his birthday and I gave him Old Timer’s Day tickets for Father’s Day. He knew they were part of my season ticket package (both sets of tickets) but I am but a poor and lowly grad student, so he appreciated it anyway. Every so often I’d get tickets to day games, so he’d get off work early and we’d go.
We had a fun day this year when my uncle gave me his corporate box seats (he’s a fancy lawyer), including free parking. They were right behind home plate, field level. for FREE! It was the day gave v. the Diamondbacks when Pettitte pitched. We felt fancy for a day and we had a good time. I think my dad is confused right now with no baseball to watch. He’s watching the Lifetime Movie Network.
Sorry for giving everyone nightmares. Hangs head in shame.
Seeing that pic of Paps butt reminds me of this guy on Fear Factor. He wanted the prize money to buy butt implants. lol.
Lori: Wow! My parents would have never taken me out of school for a game, though my mom did take me out of school to go see Caberet when I was 12. That was pretty awesome.
Did everyone see the arod billboard today. I was in my bosses office and looked out the window to it.
He must have wondered what the heck I was smiling at.
Rebecca- Yeah, I was a pretty good student so I guess they thought it was okay. I’d never take my kids out for a baseball game. Unless it was a playoff game . . .
Jennifer,
Oh, I’m sure he knew.
Lori: I’m definitley taking my kids (20 years from now, when I have them) to an opening day game…best day of the year imo.
Gee, now I feel really old.
Rebecca: it almost wasn’t the best day of the year this year. Imagine my appallment (is that a word?) when I realized that Carl freakin Pavano was the opening day pitcher?
No Joe West, I guess that at least is a blessing.
This may have been posted elswwhere as there are so many threads today but this is the best quote in a while and it comes from Kevin Millar and is from the Howard bryant ESPN story on Arod.
Also have been listening to the Bruce record all day and have to say it is a good one not sure about classic yet it will take more listens to determine that one. I think the second half is better than the first half. From Gypsy Biker down. Will be seeing him at the Meadowlands on October 9th in between baseball games lol.
“When is he just going to say, ‘I’m the baddest [dude] out there?’ ” Orioles first baseman Kevin Millar says. ” ‘I hit .320 with 40 and 130 RBIs, every [stupid] year, and what about it?’ What is anyone going to say to that? Nobody can challenge him in this game because nobody else is that good. He spent a lot of time trying to be liked. I just want him to say, ‘Don’t [mess] with me, because none of you [guys] can do what I do.’ That’s all he has to do, ’cause he’s a straight-up gangster.”
Andrea: You saw something precious few of us got to see, though!
This is how some of the baby bombers celebrated:
“Joba Chamberlain dousing anyone in sight with double fists of champagne, Shelley Duncan shouting into the emergency fire sprinklers and *ripping bottles open with his teeth* “
Look what the heck Tejada said
http://www.baseballprospectus......cleid=6774
“I’m angry because this is not the time for this. Why don’t they talk about changing [New York Yankees shortstop] Derek Jeter’s position? Jeter has, like, 20 errors. We’re not winning. We’re not a winning team. Why do they keep talking about me, me, me?”
–Orioles shortstop Miguel Tejada, on talk of moving him off short.
Rebecca: I’m not complaining. Even if they lost, I am still happy to have been at opening day. But Carl Pavano? WHY?
Weeelll. I guess that takes Tejada off of Jeter’s Christmas card list.
Miguel should take a page out of Soriano’s book. Remember how he fought tooth and nail to stay in the infield in Washington? After he embraced it, it was like a revelation for him.
Andrea,
Didn’t they win? Just feels like a loss because they had a loser on the mound.
I’m not worried about the kids at all. Everyone had to play playoff baseball all year. Every single game mattered. They are ready for this!! I can’t wait!!!
Ask Milt Pappas about Bruce Froemming’s strike zone. He’s still whining about Froemming giving Larry Stahl a walk to ruin a perfect game with two outs in 1972. The funny thing is after the game Pappas said Froemming was right, the last two pitches were close but balls.
Jerry Grote used to fail to catch some pitches as a Mets catcher so Froemming would get hit.
Froemming was never disciplined for anti-semitic remarks back in 2003. I surprised he hasn’t been invited to Columbia university.
From newsday
As everybody wants to know how Alex Rodriguez will fare in the postseason, all the players have been fielding questions about that. Derek Jeter had a classic response: “Don’t ask him about it. Leave him alone. Just let him play.”
Finally Jeter is kind of standing up.
mel: they did win….i meant even if they didnt’ win. I guess I didn’t word that so well. Sorry about that!
Jennifer: Excellent!
Alex hit 6 homeruns against the Indians this year!!
Jennifer-
What the heck is Tejada even talking about?
Jete’s lifetime fielding percentage is better than his.
Anyone watching House?
Does anyone else have the 2007 Yankee calender? I was so excited to turn it to October and know that we are still playing baseball only to find out its the month of Randy Johnson! I’m going to cover his face with Andy Pettitte. Hey there both lefties
Does anyone know anything about iTunes? I pre-ordered Bruce’s album weeks ago, but it won’t download today. Any thoughts?
sorry 2Yankees143–my brother stole my Yankee calendar. Serves him right to have to deal with Randy Johnson!
Papbelbon has the whitest legs uguliest knees and he’s out of the closet now!!!!!!
just in case anyone wanted to see an interesting espn piece on a-rod –
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn.....e=arod2007
If you want an interesting read, check out Stark’s recap of 2007.
Best read I’ve had in a while.
franklin thanks but arod link already posted on a previous thread
what, no winters???
screw bruce froemming, he had better not get any more recognition during the playoffs.
sj good call on the davis blunder. what an awful, awful call that was. worst of the year.
maybe he’ll throw us a bone
We’ve always shared baseball in my family. My grandfather on my Dad’s side used to go to the Pirates spring training in Bradenton every year and he and Chuck Tanner used to talk all the time (he also played for the Mud Hens years ago). He brought me a ball signed by the entire Pirates team back in ‘79, when they won the WS (Stargell, Parker, Oliver, etc.). When I was growing up in Jersey, they would come up from Florida to visit and he would walk downtown with me to buy baseball cards. I remember that like it was yesterday – a good 35 years later.
We were definitely a Yankee household, but bear in mind that my Mom grew up in Boston, watching Williams, Pesky, Dimaggio, and others (including a young Yaz). However, after we moved to Lexington in the early 80’s, it was clear that Mom was coming over to the Yankees side more and more. She is now 74 and not only is hard-core into the Yanks with me, she is addicted to this very blog (hear that, Pete?
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Dad passed away from cancer in January this year – I know he would have been thrilled to follow this season, especially with young guys like Joba and Phil coming up. He probably would have insisted on having MLBTV installed on his computer for sure (Mom settles for Gameday). dad was not as into baseball as I am, but he still supported the Yanks and followed them. When we buried him in January, I put two things in with him that meant something between the two of us – one of my guitar picks, and a Yankees team card.
Bruce Froemming …. Are you FREAKIN Serious…
MLB has become a true embarrassment, Just like Chipper Jones said! Only one with enough oo’s to say it.
Worst ump ever..Bruce Froemming anf C.C. is pitching!!!
Might as well give the Yankees toothpicks to hit with the way Bruce Froemming calls strikes!!
I am so P’d!
Shame it isn’t CB Buckner behind the plate.
Tim Kurkjian just picked us to win the World Series against the Phillies.
They blow chunks.
Wolf – That’s a great story. Tell your Mom to spring for a way to watch the games though!
Tell her about sopcast!
The umps make me nervous. Some of them have bigger egos than any player on the field…too much power. “With great power comes great responsibility.” Too many of them tend to let their personal feelings get in the way, but then I guess there are those that will say that the human error aspect is part of baseball, but it sure does hurt when it goes against you when it matters.
GO YANKEES!!!!!!
this is horrible. i thought i heard Froemming wasn’t doing the post-season this year?!
maybe it was just the world series.
“bunch of dirt on bruce”:http://www.brucefroemming.com/
“milt pappas interview on bruce”:http://www.psacard.com/articles/article_view.chtml?artid=3819&universeid=314
tejada is a better ss than jeter.
_Froemming was never disciplined for anti-semitic remarks back in 2003._
Jim, are you sure? I thought I heard that when Winters was just suspended for the Milton Bradley incident, that the last time an umpire was suspended was Froemming for the remarks.
Yeah, Froemming was suspended for 10 days without pay and missed a chance to go to Japan.
It also said he was supposed to retire at the end of 2006.
too bad that one wasn’t true.