Since we've been attending ballgames together, Peter and I have always been intrigued by official scoring decisions. There are many plays that we feel are errors but are then ruled base hits. In addition, we feel that a ball that drops between three players because no one calls it should be an error on all three. When an umpire blows a call - E Umpire. And when the crowd does something in appropriate, such as doing the strikeout clap when the home team is batting - E Fans.
At tonight's Twins game there was definitely a mistake by the official scorer. Luis Castillo hit a chopper back to the mound, Daniel Cabrera reached for the ball but pulled his glove down too early and the ball glanced off the fingers towards second base. It was an easy play for Cabrera and Castillo would have been thrown out had Cabrera fielded the ball cleanly. And the official scorer gave Castillo a base hit! There wasn't even any hesitation. The judgement flashed on the scoreboard immediately.
I fell that official scorers should be more liberal with the E's and more stingy with the base hits.
Tonight's Results:
Twins 3, Orioles 2 (Twins now 2-0)
Brewers 4, Dodgers 3 (Brew Crew also 2-0)
Reds off
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touch with baseball when his childhood heroes Robin Yount, Paul Molitor, and Jim Gantner retired but the Great Home Run Chase of 1998 reignited his passion. As a student at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Erik became involved with the campus chapter of Habitat for Humanity. With this group Erik traveled to Portland, OR and Baltimore, MD to work on construction projects and help the group raise $25,000 to partially sponsor a house in Milwaukee. Also at UWM, Erik met Peter Nagel. The two attended their first Brewers game together during Opening Weekend 2003. Despite their failure to ignite the coals at their first tailgate, the two had a blast and were soon making weekly trips to the ballpark. Erik has gone on to several colleges and changed careers several times, and has moved all the way out to New Hampshire, but has always stayed true to his baseball roots by holding part-time stadium usher jobs. To this day he looks back fondly on his incredible cross-country journey.
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