Instead of Cosmo Kramer the “Assman,” how about Cosmo Kramer the MLB umpire? During the Angels-Braves game Saturday in Anaheim, Calif., umpire James Hoye was seen on the broadcast wearing a shirt depicting the famous “Seinfeld” character underneath his official uniform. Hoye, the crew chief, had been announcing that Braves utilityman Whit Merrifield’s solo home … Read more
Talk about picking up your bats and going home. Gary Sheffield’s son, Jaden, earned an ejection in a New England Collegiate Baseball League game on July 28 and then had to be restrained before picking up his bats and go to the parking lot as the umpire stared him down. The broadcasters speculated that Sheffield … Read more
Call it the Mile High Screwjob. Rockies players, manager Bud Black and members of the team’s broadcasting crew were outraged after a blown check-swing call Tuesday night led to a go-ahead three-run homer by the Dodgers’ Teoscar Hernandez in an epic Colorado meltdown in their 11-9 home loss. The Rockies seemingly had the game won … Read more
There were few fans of the call that ended Thursday night’s Diamondbacks-Padres game — and Mark Grant wasn’t among them. With San Diego trailing, 4-3, in the bottom of the ninth with two outs and the tying run on second base, Jake Cronenworth battled through six pitches to make it a 2-2 count before taking … Read more
Hernandez missed 21 calls during Tuesday’s Padres-Brewers game, according to the umpire scorecards X account. Source link #Calls #Angel #Hernandezs #MLB #ouster #growing #line