Sentences with phrase «plate umpire»

The home - plate umpire will remain in place throughout for a consistent strike zone.

By likening his job to that of a home plate umpire who has little discretion to «interpret» pitches, Roberts was painting the law as something that is «objective» and «non-partisan» and not, to momentarily switch sports analogies, a «political football.»

But Major League umpire Ed Hickox beat that trend this week when a jury in the District of Columbia found that the Wilson Sporting Goods Co. must pay him $ 775,000 following injuries he suffered as home plate umpire from a foul ball that struck him in the jaw.

Witness the following: On June 24, home plate umpire Brian O'Nora was hospitalized after the broken barrel of a bat hit him on the head during a game between the Colorado Rockies and Kansas City Royals.

In baseball, the home plate umpire does give the home pitcher the benefit of the doubt on close pitches.

Readers may be interested to know that tonight's home plate umpire, Sam Holbrook, has been highly beneficial for total bettors.

The final straw in the battle between players and umpires was an altercation between Detroit Tigers second baseman Ian Kinsler and home plate umpire Angel Hernandez on Monday in Texas.

In last night's Pirates vs Braves game, home plate umpire Jerry Meals called Julio Lugo safe on what clearly should have...

Following the Yankees 4 - 3 win over the Cleveland Indians on Tuesday night, home - plate umpire...

Chad Fairchild, home plate umpire, missed strike three from Craig Kimbrel hitting Nomar Mazara in the top of the ninth.

More importantly for White Sox fans, though, in a 2005 regular season game, Rodriguez would have spent 10 minutes arguing with home plate umpire Doug Eddings that he should be awarded first on a catcher's interference call.

No one was happy with home - plate umpire Jim Wolf, who a) issued a warning for the first Donaldson HBP, b) didn't eject anyone after Donaldson got buzzed with a nostril - high pitch, c) didn't eject anyone when Troy Tulowitzki was hit with a pitch in the seventh, d) didn't eject anyone when Donaldson was buzzed again that inning, and e) ejected Aaron Sanchez in the eighth after the first Royals HBP of the game.

He knocked himself out of the Yankees» game with the Florida Marlins on June 14 after arguing with plate umpire Greg Bonin.

I wonder if «plate umpire No. 2» held up the game long enough for the photo session.

During the Los Angeles Dodgers - Los Angeles Angels game on Monday night, the home plate umpire took a shot right to the...

As Park stepped in to bat against the Mets, he doffed his helmet and bowed to plate umpire Terry Tata, who moments earlier had been arguing with L.A.'s Darryl Strawberry.

is that all calls are left to the plate umpire, but that the umpire is provided input from the automated system.

Last year Juan Marichal saw this activity, the plate umpire reaching in a special ball bag at his waist to introduce a special ball to the game, and not being aware of the procedure, Marichal felt that he was the victim of some odd plot, that perhaps the ball he would get from the umpire was going to pop in two and emit smoke as he gripped it for his screwball.

It was the same much - delayed suspension that was handed down last November, along with a $ 10,000 fine, for his behavior in Oakland in Game 4 of the American League playoffs, when he allegedly cursed plate umpire Terry Cooney and shoved crew chief Jim Evans after being ejected.

As Harrah stood on first, Home Plate Umpire Terry Cooney fielded Harrah's bat, a Louisville Slugger C243 that features a thin handle and a big barrel.

Piniella was ejected from another game for allegedly throwing his bat in the direction of home - plate Umpire Bill Deegan.

The strike zone of home plate umpire Bill Miller drew the ire of batters in Minute Maid Park and fans on social media.

Five days later he was banished from a game, fined and suspended for three games for pushing the plate umpire after a third - strike call.

Manager Gil Hodges, who had complained about Hamilton earlier this season (SI, July 31), bolted from the dugout and jawed with Plate Umpire Jim Odom.

Home plate umpire Tony Randazzo took a pitch to the jaw during tonight's game one between the New York Yankees and Detroit Tigers.

The plate umpire stands there behind that balloon and calls every pitch from the same angle.

The dispute began when Lovullo came out to argue balls and strikes with the home - plate umpire Tim Timmons.

Not exact matches

Third base umpire Quinn Wolcott put up the protective gear to take over behind the plate in relief of Emmel.

Having his leg extended clear across the plate long before he got the ball is the violation here, and according to the rule the umpires can then call Culberson safe.

So, what the umpire said went as the call on the field, and McClelland eventually got to calling Matt Holliday safe for his slide into home plate in extra innings.

The next presentiment that the pitcher had to deal with was the flurry of activity from the umpires as Aaron left the on - deck circle and approached the plate.

Umpires: It's never a bad idea to know who's behind the plate for each game so you can understand an umpire's tendencies.

That means that the second base umpire will work first base the following day and home plate the day after that.

In the bottom of the eighth Frank Martinez, 40, was ejected from his seat behind home plate after Braves shortstop Edgar Renteria complained to umpires that Martinez was flashing a light in his eyes.

Ryan Merrill then shot a single through, and that plated both Watson and Wanhanen, but not before an umpire review of Watson's slide at the plate.

The calculus of Bonds's season is much clearer than the chemistry: Umpires had dared call a strike on 58 of those first 444 pitches to Bonds, or an average of once every two times he came to the plate.

As the pregame sportsmanship meeting at home plate took place between captains, coaches, umpires and school officials, both teams remained gathered in front of their dugouts.

(Umpires were right almost 100 % of the time, if the pitch was down the center of the plate or way outside the strike zone.