Every time an umpire blows a significant call, there is the usual clamoring for instant replay. However, even that fail safe proved insufficient in the last night’s game between the Yankees and Royals. The controversy started in the bottom of the third inning when Royals’ DH Billy Butler lined a Bartolo Colon fastball off the […]
Posts Tagged ‘Kansas City Royals’
Double Trouble: Failure to Protest Compounds Umpire’s Costly Error
Posted in Baseball, MLB, Umpires, Yankees, tagged Joe Girardi, Kansas City Royals, Pine Tar Game on August 18, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Yanks Have Many Links to Mazzaro’s Nightmare Outing
Posted in Baseball, MLB, Yankees, tagged Bob Feller, Kansas City Royals, Vin Mazzaro on May 17, 2011 | 1 Comment »
As the Yankees were busy losing their sixth consecutive game last night, Kansas City Royals’ right hander Vin Mazzaro was in the midst of a nightmarish relief appearance. The confluence of events was fitting because less than one week earlier, the Yankees’ skid was started with Mazzaro on the mound. In that 3-2 extra inning […]