Sentences with phrase «umpire when»

SportsCenter was going to run a highlight package criticizing a blown call by an umpire when this hysterically ironic graphic mistake...

SportsCenter was going to run a highlight package criticizing a blown call by an umpire when this hysterically ironic graphic mistake came up.

In today's expansion - diluted market it is often possible to regard the major league catcher as a sort of convenience, somebody to stop the ball from hitting the umpire when the batter misses it and to get the ball back to the mound.

Two weeks ago in Baltimore, Rader tore into the umpires when third base ump Jim Joyce ruled that a fly ball hit down the leftfield line by the Orioles» Mike Devereaux was fair, a two - run homer that decided the game.

Not exact matches

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

Jon lives in Trabuco Canyon — yes, a homeowner — and when he's not fiddling with his trusty spreadsheet at work you can likely find him rooting for his beloved Anaheim Ducks or umpiring local lacrosse games.

Recently, South Korea roiled crypto markets when it made hairy promises to umpire digital currencies.

When theology, whether under that label or designated as religious studies, flourishes under the auspices of the humanities and social sciences, not only has the game moved to a different ball park, but the rules and umpires are also changed.

The point of playing armchair umpire over David as mercenary and king is to blow the whistle when one catches this rogue being unforgivably forgiven by God.

It's French social theory wedded with Calvinist theology: Everyone is inextricably bound up in self - perpetuating systems of sinful behavior; when everyone is totally depraved, no one is; God, in the end, becomes a celestial umpire, naming this one «just» and that one «damned» according to arbitrary fiat.

Even though that type of call isn't reviewable, Roberts convinced the umpires to at least convene, which is when they... reversed the call?

It had just started to drizzle in Baltimore when Umpire Frank Umont called for the tarpaulin, but a spectacularly shoddy performance by the Orioles» ground crew left the first - base line uncovered during the ensuing cloudburst and forced the game to be canceled.

Simpson: Usually when that play occurs the umpire makes an instant call, so everybody knows.

And yet, as sincere as he was, when the matter is viewed dispassionately it is difficult to refute the claim of the cynic in the umpire's chair.

A. Nine: hit, walk, error, forceout, fielder's choice (when the man on base is not forced out or not retired), hit by pitched ball, interference by catcher or other member of fielding team, missed third strike, and batted fair ball hitting a runner or umpire before it is touched by a fielder.

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.

Many years ago, when Max was working a game in the Pacific Coast League, umpire Bruce Froemming, who's now in the National League, gave a starter's pistol to the third base ump, who shot Max while he was arguing.

But when Herzog and the rest of the Cards ranted on about the ninth - inning bad call at first base costing them Game 6 — the St. Louis Post-Dispatch chimed in by calling AL umpire Don Denkinger «Jesse James» — it was as if no umpire in World Series history had ever missed one before.

Baseball has not said how the new - old umpires would be folded back into major league service, if and when they do become eligible to return.

When I was a kid, I wanted to be an umpire or a referee (or, worst - case scenario, a game - show host).

The fallout from the umpires union's ill - conceived 1999 mass resignation continued last month, when an arbitrator in Philadelphia declared that Major League Baseball must take back nine of the 22 umps who lost their jobs.

Order is the domain of the umpire, and when a player willfully spits in an umpire's face, the only just response is swift and meaningful punishment.

Find out which umpires have been the most profitable when betting the under.

The tirade began from Bogomolov Jr's when he took off his shirt, shook his opponents hand and then told the chair umpire to «Go F*ck Yourself.»

I'm telling the umpires that's the way it's going to be, that when we're throwing inside, we're just keeping the hitters honest.

He showed the ball to the umpire, and the ball came out when he was bringing the glove down after showing him.

Might this still be true (if it ever were) at a time when league identities have been blurred by increased player movement, interleague play and the consolidation of umpires?

When it comes to fair use, there's a fine line between «look at this GIF of a pitcher's new delivery because it is essential to this story» and «look at this umpire getting hit in the beans because it's funny.»

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.

Washington's Connie Grob won a game with one pitch, and in St. Louis there was a long rhubarb when the umpires disagreed.

He'd pleaded guilty to 39 counts of lewd acts with children, four boys and a girl, that had occurred between 1990 and» 96, when Watson was a San Bernardino Little League coach and umpire and the five kids were all playing in the league.

Nice baseball recollection from the man: «I couldn't see well enough to play when I was a boy, so they gave me a special job — they made me an umpire.»

So when it came to umpire fees, buying game balls or sometimes even getting players to games, Bo paid.

While it is true that you don't want to see players just walking all over umpires, there's a better way to do that than giving a player the quick hook — especially when the player didn't verbally argue balls and strikes.

Williams took to Twitter after his team's 24 - 17 loss to the Denver Broncos on Sunday, pointing to a moment when cameras caught line judge John Hussey and umpire Carl Paganelli bumping fists after a Broncos touchdown.

New Orleans Saints DB Terrance Frederick was trying to get into position when he absolutely leveled the umpire that was placing...

Wawrinka voiced his displeasure with the chair umpire, and when Nadal finally returned, the Australian crowd started booing him.

Imagine the satisfaction you'll feel when you eject your in - laws from your home this Thanksgiving while wearing this 100 % polyester knit umpire shirt.

The breaking point seemed to come at 11 - 10, when Nadal appealed to the umpire's chair that he was being blinded by the sun setting over the sheen Wimbledon roof.

In qualifying, there are no umpires — except when a player requests one to arbitrate a disputed call — and the players call their own lines, which sometimes leads to cheating.

And baseball is never more, or more wonderfully, part of that scene than it will be on Opening Day next week when the umpire yells, «Play Ball!»

Then they criticise the umpire for getting it wrong, when they couldn't call it themselves first time round.

Failure of the pitch count recorder to notify the umpire - in - chief, and / or the failure of the umpire - in - chief to notify the manager does not relief the manager of his / her responsibility to remove the pitcher when that pitcher is no longer eligible to pitch.

The pitch count recorder must provide the current pitch count for any pitcher when requested by either manager or any umpire, and notify the umpire - in - chief when a pitcher has reached the pitch limit, who will, in turn, notify the pitcher's manager that the pitcher must be removed.

Words have incredible power, so use them carefully, especially when you disagree with coaches and umpires.

Fearless Catholic Bishop of Kafanchan Diocese, Reverend Father Joseph Danlami Bagobiri was on point when, recently, he accused el - Rufai of taking sides with the armed herdsmen, thus failing in his responsibility as a true statesman; and becoming, therefore, a biased umpire who, according to the priest, «blames and criminalises southern Kaduna victims as the cause of the mayhem.»

These analyse the signals from the antennas and feed the data to both a voice synthesiser — that announces when the ball is out — and a hand - held computer on the umpire's chair.

Schiot shares the stories of luminaries like mountain climber Annie Smith Peck, who caused a scandal in 1895 when she ascended the Matterhorn in pants instead of a skirt, and Bernice Gera, pro baseball's first female umpire, who was harassed by the men in her class at the Florida Baseball School.

They might be right, but when a batter goes 0 for 10, he's better off questioning his swing than blaming the umpire.»

Senior U.S. District Court Judge Richard G. Kopf made national news this week when he wrote on his blog, Hercules and the Umpire, about the frequent irrelevancy of the Supreme Court.