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2013 MLB Season Thread

How bout them umpires.
Major League Baseball suspended umpire Fieldin Culbreth two games and fined him an unspecified amount for allowing Houston Astros manager Bo Porter to switch relievers in the middle of an inning Thursday against the Los Angeles Angels.

"The rule covering pitching changes was not applied correctly by the umpiring crew," MLB said in a statement.
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The latest trouble in Houston occurred in the seventh inning Thursday at Minute Maid Park. And while baseball does have video replay for some hard-to-tell calls -- and has talked for a couple of years about expanding its scope -- there was no mistaking what umpires saw.

With two outs and the Astros ahead 5-3, Houston reliever Wesley Wright came in from the bullpen and threw several warm-up pitches from the mound. Porter, a first-year manager, then ran onto the field to stop him and brought in another reliever, Hector Ambriz.

Angels manager Mike Scioscia argued, correctly contending Wright was required to pitch to at least one batter. But the umpires permitted Ambriz to stay in and Scioscia put the game under protest -- which became moot when the Angels rallied to win 6-5.

Pinch hitter Luis Jimenez was on deck when Wright entered. Once Ambriz took over, Scott Cousins came up as a pinch hitter.

"Technically, Wesley came in to face the batter that was scheduled to hit, but he pinch hit for the batter that was scheduled to hit, which my understanding of the rule means you can now bring in another pitcher to face the pinch hitter," Porter said.

Culbreth, who was the crew chief, provided little clarification after the game.

"The only thing I can tell you is that all matters concerning protests are handled through the league office," he said.

MLB acted Friday, saying Culbreth was responsible for "the misapplication of Official Baseball Rule 3.05(b)," which states:

"If the pitcher is replaced, the substitute pitcher shall pitch to the batter then at bat, or any substitute batter, until such batter is put out or reaches first base, or until the offensive team is put out, unless the substitute pitcher sustains injury or illness which, in the umpire-in-chief's judgment, incapacitates him for further play as a pitcher."
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http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/9...pplied-los-angeles-angels-houston-astros-game
 
I would be more excited if they did something about Hernandez..... I can forgive an occasional slip up like above( just as long Fieldin Culbreth doesn't have a track record of them). But, a serial repeater like Hernandez is getting off? I am glad MLB held Culbreth accountable, but would they have done it if it wasn't for the Hernandez snafu?
 
made the cover of SI, one word to describe him...Phenom.
Mets win today vs. cubbies 3-2
 

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Curtis Granderson is back in the Yankees Medical Center with a broken pinky after being hit by a pitch in the left hand.
 
Moyank24 said:
And a lot of other players, it seems. We'll see how it plays out.

I'm kind of glad about Braun. He was a prick during his whole appeals process. Hopefully he'll find out that Karma really is a Bitch.
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Seeing how MLB would justify the 100 game suspension on players that wasn't busted yet, shouldn't Melky get strike three and banned from MLB?
 
Moyank24 said:
I have a feeling they're going to have to justify a lot to the Players Association. I do tend to take what ESPN reports with a grain of salt, so we'll see. :D
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I hope it is accurate and done in a way that will help the Yankees get below $189 million since the Yanks won't have to pay ARod for that period. ;)
 
We (SF Giants) were sitting high in the NL West and now we are the dog going into divisional play. I hope it's just a typical midseason slump and we get back into reach of first place. Some overheated teams right now may cool down come late season and this can help the Giants.

Madbum is the only one who is a decent pitcher right now and the others are on vacation even though they did rather well in last years postseason (Cain, Lincecum, and Zito). Let's hope some replacements in other positions will step up the way the 2012 crew did when we lost some of the great 2010 and 2011 stars.

Right now I am just hoping for a shot at the postseason and have given up on being the best regular season NL team. Sometimes a returning World Series champ falls into the pit but I was hoping for the start of a baseball dynasty ala Yankees or Braves.

Update: Freak show no hitter as Lincecum puts up Giants 15th no hitter ever and his first!
 
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Went to the Yankees vs Twins game yesterday in hopes of seeing Mariano Rivera pitch one last time, but the bums lost.

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