nick green no called 3rd strike?

[CashItIn]

pitch right down the ****ing middle and ump calls it ball 4 then they end up winning the game. shady ****ing ump and such bs

[sharknut]

makes you wonder about the integrity of some of these games. If it was close to a ball i could live with it but that wasnt even close. Id like to shove the bet slip down the umps throat that i just lost on.

[seanjohn007]

ya i was watching that game and all i could think about was how much money just switched hands in the one call. i gaurentee if that game was in anaheim its called a strike. i keep trying to stop betting baseball until the playoffs, but the next day i seem to find value (and ive had small days the last 3 days) just a bulshit time of year. cant wait for basketball to come back

[cspurs]

did not even have a play on this game, however, i felt real sorry for the ones on LA. I know one play does not make a game but LA had em out twice, check swing and the pitch they called ball four..Geez

[seanjohn007]

did not even have a play on this game, however, i felt real sorry for the ones on LA. I know one play does not make a game but LA had em out twice, check swing and the pitch they called ball four..Geez

couldnt agree more. i had nothing on the game but as soon as that was callled a ball i immediatly thought about how pissed angels backers must be. ive been on the wrong side of umps agendas before and its the worst

[texhooper]

it was low. deal with it.

[bostonboss]

im a boston fan.......the pitch was a strike.

[sharknut]

it was low. deal with it.

You my friend have sight issues......

[texhooper]

[khaden]

dude was struck out twice!! two bad calls the check swing and the strike that was called a ball--unbelievable--

[paco]

That bad call now has me on tilt

[ASH0479]

....

I was on the Sox but dam, Nick Green struck out twice, not just once, that was just insane....makes you wonder just a little bit

[ASH0479]

BOSTON -- Whether it's real or imagined, there's a belief among some players that umpires simply will not make certain calls that go against the home team at places like Yankee Stadium or Fenway Park.
Put four-time All-Star reliever Brian Fuentes in that category. Fuentes suffered his fifth loss of the season after he gave up a fly ball single to Alex Gonzalez with two outs in the bottom of the ninth. But it was while facing the previous batter, pinch hitter Nick Green, that Fuentes became frustrated with what he, and several other Angels, believe were non-called third strikes.
"You hear it from other guys,'' Fuentes said. "Especially here at Fenway. I don't know if it's human mistake or they're scared. But you definitely hear it around the league. They missed a call, a couple of calls. I don't think they meant to, but they're going to see it and they will realize it.''
First, Green appeared to go too far on a checked swing, but first base umpire Jeff Kellogg didn't see it that way and ruled that Green didn't swing. A few pitches later, Green let a pitch at the knees go by that home plate umpire Rick Reed called a ball. Angels catcher Jeff Mathis immediately protested, as did manager Mike Scioscia.
"What was the count to Green, 3-and-4?" Scioscia mockingly said afterward. "I thought he had him a couple of times. I was surprised. That's usually a good umpiring crew. Our guys were upset, no doubt about it."
Asked if he saw replays of Green's at-bat afterward, Scioscia quickly snapped, "I did not need a replay. I did not need a replay.''

[chrisharvard01]

I didn't have a play on this game, but that was a terrible call.

Pitch was a strike.

[ankh4all2]

BOSTON -- Whether it's real or imagined, there's a belief among some players that umpires simply will not make certain calls that go against the home team at places like Yankee Stadium or Fenway Park.
Put four-time All-Star reliever Brian Fuentes in that category. Fuentes suffered his fifth loss of the season after he gave up a fly ball single to Alex Gonzalez with two outs in the bottom of the ninth. But it was while facing the previous batter, pinch hitter Nick Green, that Fuentes became frustrated with what he, and several other Angels, believe were non-called third strikes.
"You hear it from other guys,'' Fuentes said. "Especially here at Fenway. I don't know if it's human mistake or they're scared. But you definitely hear it around the league. They missed a call, a couple of calls. I don't think they meant to, but they're going to see it and they will realize it.''
First, Green appeared to go too far on a checked swing, but first base umpire Jeff Kellogg didn't see it that way and ruled that Green didn't swing. A few pitches later, Green let a pitch at the knees go by that home plate umpire Rick Reed called a ball. Angels catcher Jeff Mathis immediately protested, as did manager Mike Scioscia.
"What was the count to Green, 3-and-4?" Scioscia mockingly said afterward. "I thought he had him a couple of times. I was surprised. That's usually a good umpiring crew. Our guys were upset, no doubt about it."
Asked if he saw replays of Green's at-bat afterward, Scioscia quickly snapped, "I did not need a replay. I did not need a replay.''

Ash,
Any chance the 1st base ump, Kellogg, now behind the plate today, gives a call or two back to LAA?? Also, Kellogg is a bit of an away team ump!

[tweek]

I don't know... I'm as big an Angel's fan as they come, and didn't see the call in question until after I read all about it, here and elsewhere, but I've certainly seen closer pitches called balls.

[Mike Huntertz]

Lazy overpaid phuck Juan Riveria should have at least made an attempt on that final bloop single.

[CashMoney]

The ump had the Sox on the ML. If that wasn't a strike then Bonds and Big Mac never juiced.