Bad Calls in World Series
<!–[endif]–>If you have been watching the World Series between the Phillies and Rays you know the series is tied 1-1. You also know the terrible game changing calls the umpires have been making. I am a Phillies fan and I will say that during the first game it was clearly a balk by Cole Hamels. Don’t get me wrong I was happy about the blown call but I would rather see validity in sports. And that blown walk was probably a huge call because the Phils got out of the inning.
Next, we can move to game 2 where home plate umpire Kerwin Danley decided to call strike 3 on a check swing but then went to the first base umpire Fieldin Culbreth who called a check swing and the batter was rewarded a walk. The rule is the home plate umpire can not be appealed so once he called it a strike 3 call that is it the first plate umpire should not have any say…. Then there was the 9th inning when Jimmy Rollins jersey was clearly hit by a pitch. Again the rule is if the batters jersey is scraped or touched by the pitch the batter is rewarded first base. Therefore the inning was dramatically changed by a bad call.
I would like to believe that these umpires are being honest but then again look at what happened in the NBA with Tim Donaghy. And in this day and age you never know how honest people are. Especially when it can involve $$$. So I hope the rest of the series is officiated fairly.
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