Joyce was scheduled to be back at work Thursday afternoon, umpiring at home plate in the game between the Tigers and Indians.
Whats the angle??
Whats the angle??
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You tell me that guy is going to feel guilty as heck... I think there could be a few "I'm Sorry" balls and strike calls that go Detroit's way.Comment -
...There is no makeup call for a perfect game.Comment -
no angle
if the guy had the balls to call the guy safe yesterday knowing full well what was at sake...and the integrity to make the call he felt was right at the time.....
he'll continue to call em like he sees them today......Comment -
Don Denkinger worked the plate of Game 7 in the 85 series after blowing the callf or the Cardinals in game 6...
Game 7
As crew chief of the 1985 World Series umpiring unit, Denkinger was scheduled to work behind home plate in Game 7, a fact that further upset the Cardinals and manager Whitey Herzog. Some observers suggested that the presence of Denkinger behind the plate affected the Cardinals' gameplay, as ace pitcher John Tudor got off to a terrible start, giving up five earned runs and four walks in only 2 1/3 innings. Tudor was so disgusted by his performance, that he subsequently punched an electrical fan with his pitching hand. Todd Worrell would later compare the idea of Don Denkinger working behind home plate to putting a stick of dynamite back there and lighting it.
The Cardinals made their frustrations clear throughout the game. ABC television cameras caught Herzog screaming and belittling Denkinger from the Cardinals' dugout throughout the contest. Pitcher Joaquín Andújar exploded twice over Denkinger's calls at the plate during the 5th inning, finally being ejected with Herzog after a heated argument over Denkinger's strike zone. Herzog even went so far as to directly tell Denkinger that had he gotten "the call" right in Game 6, the Cardinals would not have been subjected to a seventh game in the first place. (Denkinger then replied that if the Cardinals were batting better than .122 in the Series, there would have been no need for a Game 7 either.) In the immediate aftermath of his meltdown, Andújar smashed a toilet in the Cardinals' clubhouse. The Cardinals completely self-destructed as Kansas City would go on to win Game 7 in an 11-0 blowout, taking home their first and only World Series Trophy.Comment -
The pitcher is going to bring out the lineup card before the game. Maybe they already know something, and they will celebrate then.Comment -
Going to make for an interesting game...The ump will be scared to make a bad callComment -
I can see a double fukk you from Joyce. Especially with all the shit the Detroit crowd will give him.
Indians is probably a good play here.Comment -
problem is Cleveland's pitcher just got brained 5 days ago by Arod...Originally posted by HenPrivilegeComment -
Yeah Huff shouldn't be out there today. Give the muthafukker a week off atleast.Comment -
Too bad there's not a prop out there to wager on the ump. I'd bet on Joyce having the best game of his life calling balls and strikes today.Comment
