BACK AND TO THE LEFT, BACK ...Byline: TOM HOFFARTH Having seen the Pierzynski Run Like A Fugitive To First video replayed more times than the Zapruder film, do you concur that umpire Doug Eddings did not act alone in bungling the biggest call in American League Championship Series
Why didn't his chump ump buddies step forward and fix what needed fixing? Or is this part of some other Chicago chicanery in the works that'll make the Black Sox Scandal Black Sox scandal, episode in which eight members of the Chicago White Sox, the American League champions, were banned from baseball in 1921 for having conspired with gamblers to throw the 1919 World Series to the Cincinnati Reds. look like an Oliver Stone jay-walking citation on Michigan Avenue? Wouldn't you love to hear Eddings explain his way out of a ticket to a cop who pulled him over on the freeway for a strange arm signal out the driver's-side window? Why didn't the boxscore for the Angels-White Sox Game 2 have the notation: ``Three outs when winning run scored''? And why does this idiotic rule continue to exist in baseball where you can get to first base after striking out? --Why does Pete Carroll get his nose all out of joint over instant replay in college football, just because it never seems to work for USC An abbreviation for U.S. Code. ? --How does Touchdown Jesus signal for a replay? --Is that Charlie Weis shaking down the thunder, or is he just having trouble getting through the locker-room double door? --So if South Dakota State beat UC Davis, and UC Davis beat Stanford, and Stanford beat Washington State, and Washington State faces UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX , are you perturbed per·turb tr.v. per·turbed, per·turb·ing, per·turbs 1. To disturb greatly; make uneasy or anxious. 2. To throw into great confusion. 3. that you just read this thread of nonsense without arriving to any logical conclusion on today's outcome? --A sex scandal on a Vikings ship? Isn't that what Vikings do? Did anyone find a Wizzinator on board? --If Orel Hershiser was on the Oakland A's short-list for a manager, why isn't he on the Dodgers? --Where is that Yankees-Red Sox ALCS ALCS American League Championship Series (baseball) ALCS Authors' Licensing and Collecting Society (UK) ALCS Airborne Launch Control System ? On ESPN ESPN Entertainment and Sports Programming Network Fantasy Channel? --Does Temple have a prayer against Miami? Does Temple still have a football program? --Are we to assume that all these trips Governor Arnold has been making to Angels playoff games and San Diego Chargers' Monday night football “MNF” redirects here. For other uses, see MNF (disambiguation). Monday Night Football (MNF) is a live television broadcast of the National Football League. contests are on the taxpayers' dime? --Would Bartolo Colon consider mixing a Pilates class into his schedule? --Does your family dog bark at the TV screen whenever there's a closeup of Angels pitcher Paul Byrd? Anything to do with avian influenza? --Wouldn't it make sense to see some of the kids from Fox's ``The O.C.'' series in the stands at Angels Stadium this weekend? --``Rocky VI''? Are you kidding me? --Does anyone have the heart to tell Mike Martz that risking his life to coach the St. Louis Rams --How long before the NFL hires Erik Estrada to help identify some prime real estate that can be used for a stadium to bring pro football back to L.A.? --What can Danica Patrick possibly to do please the crowd at Fontana on Sunday, outside of actually winning a race? And why is it that you can't spell ``girl'' without IRL? |
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