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Please click on the link to the right. All (ALL!) procedes go directly to the Orphans as none of your money is used for administrative costs (for advertising, http://awfulofficiating.blogspot.com/2008/11/sponsor-orphans-in-india.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Riggs)43tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5768022532452184724.post-6230045944317407291Mon, 17 Nov 2008 14:10:00 +00002008-11-17T10:01:26.234-05:00Donovan McNabbMike CareyScott GreenMy favorite comment that I've read so far today over at PFT:Reason #1 not to gamble on sports — the officials don’t know the rules.Reason #2 is the previous post — the athletes don’t know the rules. Commenter "Favre2012" is of course referring to the Steelers and Eagles games today one was full of horrible officiating, and the other... well... had a quarterback who simply doesn't know the rules http://awfulofficiating.blogspot.com/2008/11/nfl-week-11-awful-officiating-recap.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Riggs)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5768022532452184724.post-7040766169230391079Fri, 14 Nov 2008 17:04:00 +00002008-11-14T12:37:38.877-05:00JetsJoe CrawfordPackersPatriotsVikingsThere were two calls during Sunday's Vikings/Packers game that were missed:1) Adrian Peterson not getting a pentalty for removing his helmet in the endzone after scoring the game winning touchdown.2) Aaron Rodgers called for intentional grounding in the endzone resulting in a safety.Starting with Peterson, the NFL admitted Wednesday that a pentalty should have been called so that led Imig over athttp://awfulofficiating.blogspot.com/2008/11/awful-officiating-recap.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Riggs)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5768022532452184724.post-6964056970720914667Thu, 13 Nov 2008 17:20:00 +00002008-11-13T12:31:57.291-05:00ishyPhilliesRef Abusetackling refstake out the refHere's another video of an official tackling a player. Although - this one, courtesy of hot clicks, appears to be accidental, and also very painful:According to reports, the official ended up ok. And lastly, unrelated, I want to take a minute and congratulate my buddy Ishy and his wife. They were blessed this morning with a brand new baby boy named Austin. Since Ishy has been a life-long http://awfulofficiating.blogspot.com/2008/11/ref-tackles-player-take-2.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Riggs)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5768022532452184724.post-1421116680247434556Thu, 13 Nov 2008 17:07:00 +00002008-11-13T12:20:06.195-05:00DukeGoaltendI'm sure this is taught in Coach K's school of "fooling the officials". I can hear him training his guys: "At Duke University we've won a lot. We have some kids who haven't failed that much. But when you get to Duke, you're going to fail some time. That's a thing that I can help you the most with. To prevent failing more than we should, my coaching staff and I implemented strategies on how to http://awfulofficiating.blogspot.com/2008/11/duke-gets-all-calls.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Riggs)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5768022532452184724.post-3607324614616387580Wed, 12 Nov 2008 01:37:00 +00002008-11-11T21:03:45.704-05:00Mike MartzInteresting story coming out today about the last play in last night's game. Mike Singletary blamed Mike Martz for the play call, and now Martz is going to do what all good coaches do... blame the refs!Via cbssportsline.com:Criticized after the game for a bizarre choice of plays, Martz said nothing to reporters and took the heat. The team's head coach and players took the heat, too, with Mike http://awfulofficiating.blogspot.com/2008/11/officials-spot-costs-49ers-game.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Riggs)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5768022532452184724.post-4103359364442732706Tue, 11 Nov 2008 16:33:00 +00002008-11-11T11:35:38.577-05:0049ersCardinalsNFL OfficialsHere's all you need to know via ninersnation:How about a combined 20 penalties, 164 yards. The referees were a joke tonight.http://awfulofficiating.blogspot.com/2008/11/49erscards-recap.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Riggs)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5768022532452184724.post-7887038407637686537Mon, 10 Nov 2008 17:45:00 +00002008-11-10T17:12:58.775-05:00Alberto Riveron; tony gonzalezbig ten officialsCollege Football Officiatingeli manningGiantshigh school sportspenn state; eaglesA pretty exciting weekend in sports, but if you're from Pennsylvania, it was probably the worst football weekend of the year. Penn State lost to Iowa, and both the Steelers and Eagles lost very winable games at home. At least McNabb can say he didn't cost his team the victory unlike Darryl Clark and Ben Rothlisberger. The Eagles lost last night falls on Andy Reid and his coaching staff, who http://awfulofficiating.blogspot.com/2008/11/weekend-recap.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Riggs)285tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5768022532452184724.post-6480323488561624383Tue, 28 Oct 2008 16:25:00 +00002008-10-28T11:34:58.527-05:00Bud Selig Sucksmlb umpiresRobotsBeyond the Boxscore poses an interesting argument. They think it's time for the some sort of automative system to call balls and strikes based on a tracking device. Below is a picture of gameday's placement of the pitches during Pat Burrell's at bat in the 5th inning.BTB goes onto say:Pitches 6 and 4 were either fouls or swinging strikes with pitch 1 being a favorable called strike. Where did http://awfulofficiating.blogspot.com/2008/10/is-it-time-for-robots-to-call-balls-and.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Riggs)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5768022532452184724.post-8694917194974159258Tue, 28 Oct 2008 15:55:00 +00002008-10-28T11:00:20.299-05:00dumb ref videostake out the refI don't know... maybe this kid wanted to take out the ref... maybe not. Just seems like too much of a coincidence. My guess, his dad hates ref's and this young guy wanted to make daddy proud.Via KATU: (from Deadspin)SPRINGFIELD, Ore. -- A young child drove a golf cart onto a high school football field and hit a referee before the start of the game last week.The incident happened before the http://awfulofficiating.blogspot.com/2008/10/kid-takes-matters-into-his-own-hands.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Riggs)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5768022532452184724.post-8357438312336004380Tue, 28 Oct 2008 12:48:00 +00002008-10-28T08:32:52.785-05:00Bud Selig SucksKen Rosenthalmlb umpiresUmpires Collective Bargaining AgreementI have always respected Ken Rosenthal. He's up in the Buster Olney, Jayson Stark category in my book. One of the best. Actually, I was priviledged enough to shake his hand in a game in Philly this past year. True story, my buddies and I went to a Mets/Phillies game earlier this summer which was broadcast on Fox. During the 9th inning a fight broke out down the first base line between fans - http://awfulofficiating.blogspot.com/2008/10/mlb-umpires-cba-needs-revisited.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Riggs)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5768022532452184724.post-251690026059689182Tue, 28 Oct 2008 12:29:00 +00002008-10-28T07:43:00.065-05:00Jeff KelloggStrike ZoneLost in all the chaos of last night's suspended game, and the unknown of when game 5 will resume was the fact that Kellogg's Frosted Flakes behind the plate was absolutely brutal. His strike zone seemed to changed like the wind, and quite frankly seemed to favor Philly all night long (except the Utley call for a strike on 3-1 with the bases loaded). The biggest winner in the whole thing was Pathttp://awfulofficiating.blogspot.com/2008/10/frosted-flakes.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Riggs)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5768022532452184724.post-5655126802807356322Mon, 27 Oct 2008 18:29:00 +00002008-10-28T07:45:18.755-05:00Instant ReplayIt seems that officiating recently has gone from bad to worse. From the absolute brutal umpiring in the World Series, to the bad calls that we've seen in both college and the NFL this year, it seems as if the easy answer to fix these errors (pointing the finger my way also) is instant replay. Mike and Mike both agree (gasp... WHAT!?!) that instant replay should be implemented more into baseballhttp://awfulofficiating.blogspot.com/2008/10/what-happens-when-replay-goes-wrong.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Riggs)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5768022532452184724.post-5196023305859595936Mon, 27 Oct 2008 13:07:00 +00002008-10-27T15:23:27.355-05:00bad callsmlb umpiresNFL OfficialsPhilliesTom HallionWorld SeriesIn a weekend with a few bad calls - it seems like the World Series (and more specifically Philadelphia) will lead the way in the bad call department. My eyes can only be on so many games, and by going on a retreat and only being able to watch Penn State / Ohio State saturday night and the Eagles/Falcons game on Sunday followed by the Phils win last night - it seems like I was fortunate to catch http://awfulofficiating.blogspot.com/2008/10/weekend-bad-calls.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Riggs)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5768022532452184724.post-3257124305700320152Fri, 24 Oct 2008 12:41:00 +00002008-10-24T08:13:32.051-05:00Bad No CallKerwin DanleyWorld SeriesSo far, we've seen some strange calls this world series from our umpires. While I haven't been able to watch every pitch because of other obligations, I have seen and heard enough to know that our favorite men in blue aren't doing enough to stay out of the spotlight. During last night's game: Kerwin Danley had 2 calls that were clearly missed. The first was the strange strike 3, no maybe not http://awfulofficiating.blogspot.com/2008/10/umpire-blunders-world-series.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Riggs)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5768022532452184724.post-9054642533370634101Tue, 21 Oct 2008 16:10:00 +00002008-10-21T11:17:02.256-05:00tackling refsWilbur Hackett JrThestate.com via Deadspin gives us this update:The umpire in question is Wilbur Hackett Jr. and even though every sane observer says it looked intentional when he stepped up, dropped his shoulder, and laid out the scrambling quarterback, the folks in charge (including USC coach Steve Spurrier) say it's no big whoop. But the SEC office believes Hackett was protecting himself and plans to take no http://awfulofficiating.blogspot.com/2008/10/update-on-tackling-ref.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Riggs)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5768022532452184724.post-6922550802637184412Mon, 20 Oct 2008 14:16:00 +00002008-10-20T09:43:41.217-05:00GoalpostsRead this over at PFT. The AP reported yesterday that the Chiefs were upset that a field goal was called "No Good" after the ball appeared to go directly over the uprights. By rule this play is unreviewable. Here's part of the AP report:With the Chiefs trailing 10-0 early in the quarter, kicker Nick Novak thought he had curled a 49-field goal inside the left upright. But the officials standinghttp://awfulofficiating.blogspot.com/2008/10/chiefs-upset-at-missed-field-goal-call.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Riggs)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5768022532452184724.post-3539930236416022041Mon, 20 Oct 2008 13:47:00 +00002008-10-20T11:51:50.959-05:00dumb ref videossouth carolinaThis is the type of thing you'd expect to see in lower level football, or perhaps more likely the WWE, not a high profile College Football game on National TV. For whatever reason, the ref in this video literally throws a shoulder into the South Carolina quarterback as he scrambles through the middle of the field. Seriously... did he forget what uniform he was wearing. I didn't believe it whenhttp://awfulofficiating.blogspot.com/2008/10/ref-tackles-player.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Riggs)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5768022532452184724.post-6293829687476659039Thu, 26 Jun 2008 20:26:00 +00002008-06-26T15:29:52.902-05:00Brian Rungemlb umpiresvia MLB.com:Major League Baseball announced today that Umpire Brian Runge has been suspended for one game for his conduct, which included making contact with Manuel, during the incident. Runge's suspension will be served immediately. Mike Port, Vice President of Umpiring for Major League Baseball, made the announcement. When I watched the incident the other day, I couldn't believe what I saw. http://awfulofficiating.blogspot.com/2008/06/runge-suspended-1-game.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Riggs)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5768022532452184724.post-3157354246074254331Thu, 26 Jun 2008 19:39:00 +00002008-06-26T15:26:28.542-05:00MLB All-Star Gamemlb umpiresVia MLB.com:Derryl Cousins, a regular season Crew Chief in his 30th year of Major League service, will serve as Crew Chief and work behind the plate at the 79th All-Star Game, to be played Tuesday, July 15th at Yankee Stadium.This will be the third All-Star Game assignment for Cousins, who also worked the Midsummer Classic in 1987 and 1998. Cousins has worked five Division Series, five League http://awfulofficiating.blogspot.com/2008/06/umpires-announced-for-all-star-game.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Riggs)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5768022532452184724.post-696759421137535817Thu, 29 May 2008 15:55:00 +00002008-05-29T10:58:42.614-05:00Bad No CallGoaltendLakersspursHere's the bottom line in the Lakers / Spurs crazy ending to game 4:1) Replays showed that Fisher's shot grazed the rim and the shot clock should have been reset2) Replays showed that Odom's "goaltend" on Parker was a legal block. Odom touched the ball before it hit the rim. (the curious question to this play is why Doug Collins and Marv Albert didn't notice this. I saw this when they first http://awfulofficiating.blogspot.com/2008/05/bottom-line.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Riggs)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5768022532452184724.post-3213333057863085415Wed, 28 May 2008 01:51:00 +00002008-05-27T23:27:16.803-05:00Bad No CallLakersNBA Officialsnba playoffsspurs1st Quarter, Phil Jackson not happy with the officiating. Could it be that the "Conspiracy Theory" about Joey Crawford will actually help the Spurs. My thinking is that Mr. Crawford will not want any questionable calls to go against the Spurs so that no one will be talking about him tomorrow. Good acting job by Bruce Bowen on the offensive foul called on Jordan Farmer midway through the 2nd http://awfulofficiating.blogspot.com/2008/05/spurs-lakers.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Riggs)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5768022532452184724.post-7803304621431701798Fri, 23 May 2008 03:54:00 +00002008-05-22T23:00:21.426-05:00awful officiatingjason giambijoe girardimlb umpiresJason Giambi was called out tonight on a pitch that was high and inside. The ump thought the ball touched the bat and therefore was a foul tip. Since it was a 2-2 count and the catcher caught the ball, strike 3 was called. There was 1 out in the 9th when this happened. The game was tied at 1. The call was an awful call as replays showed the ball never even came close to the bat. Joe Girardi http://awfulofficiating.blogspot.com/2008/05/giambi-called-out-for-not-swinging.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Riggs)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5768022532452184724.post-1011398280685583396Fri, 23 May 2008 03:29:00 +00002008-05-22T22:44:52.927-05:00Instant ReplayAccording to Jayson Stark at ESPN, we could possibly see instant replay in Major League Baseball as early as next season:Major League Baseball is making tentative plans to experiment with instant replay in the Arizona Fall League, according to a baseball official with knowledge of those discussions. If that experiment proves practical and successful, MLB then is likely to continue the experiment http://awfulofficiating.blogspot.com/2008/05/instant-replay-in-mlb-by-next-season.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Riggs)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5768022532452184724.post-2505203116982291217Thu, 22 May 2008 16:05:00 +00002008-05-22T11:13:28.506-05:00A-RodInstant ReplayTim WelkeVia thesportingnews.comThe three-time [A-Rod] MVP connected off Garrett Olson (3-1) to start the third, then hit another ball over the wall in the sixth that was incorrectly called an RBI double. It was the latest in a string of home run calls that have been blown by big league umpires lately, including one at Yankee Stadium on Sunday night. That's left some calling for instant replay in baseballhttp://awfulofficiating.blogspot.com/2008/05/another-case-for-instant-replay-in.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Riggs)0