CaliAngel

You don't need a big dramatic camera set up out in center field in direct sight of the batters to have computers call balls and strikes. 

You can have sensors on the edges of the plate looking up, and sensors on both sides of the field near the dugouts pointing towards the plate like the TV cameras do. The belt of the player is the calibration for each batter, and the strike zone is universal. 

That takes care of both the lateral and vertical aspects of the 3-D strike zone, for both right and left handed batters. 

It's because there's no Wellsy or Izzy.

Fine with me. 

GO HALOS

Weaver making sure to destroy any chance of competing for the Cy Young early this year. 

Kevin there is no reliable camera angle to determine balls and strikes.

Same could be said for the umpires when they make calls like this.

Also, not sure if its been mentioned, but I believe you can buy Angel tickets on StubHub up to ONE HOUR before game time. 

This is a great advantage for me, as there have been several instances over the past couple seasons where I didn't think I'd be able to make it to the game until the last minute, and I was still able to buy pretty cheap tickets, print them, and have them in hand in 5 minutes. 

lol way to do your homework Rangers2013

Wells is still being Wellsy. 

Back on a team with no expectations? Time to start performing.

I wonder, how many Angel fans do you think logged on to RedSoxWin.Com solely to litter their boards with opinions they didn't care about?

*smacks forehead*

Way to read an entire post.

Foster admitted later that it was a bad call.

I thought I read somewhere after Jim Joyce blew the Armando Galarraga perfect game that umps were no longer allowed to talk to media after a game. Might be wrong. MLB loves protecting their crappy officiating instead of realizing in 2013, it's really a burden to the game. 

So, does anything actually happen to chump umps like this who ruin games?

Nope.

Edited to add, Or do they just go on to ump Angels games?

Yup.

You'd also have to be blind to ignore the fact that baseball history is littered with Angel teams who have gotten the royal screw job from umpires on so many blatantly wrong calls and bias justifications that have affected the outcome of so many games and seasons. It's why I love them: they don't get a break. They earn their victories.

Motion to delete every single "anti-ex-Ranger-player" post that ends up on this site, dirtying up our threads. 

These douchebags don't belong here, getting their thoughts read, talking crap on our guys.

We've heard every single stupid "hate excuse" before. It's a broken record. 

They need to know they don't belong here. 

CJ's right though. Never listen to the media, they don't know anything. Stay within yourself, and perform to the best of your abilities. 

Screw every single reporter who thinks they know more than the guy buttoning up the uniform. 

Are they ever held accountable for their wrong predictions and ludicrous accusations? Nope.

This might be my favorite fact about the 2013 Marlins:

 

Via thebiglead, the Marlins’ home run sculpture cost close to $2.5 million to build.

Without a doubt the UGLIEST sculpture to ever cost $2.5 million.

Does the Marlins owner get paid if fans don't show up?

lol why would you, as an ump, end the game on a call like that?

Terrible. 

This is why I'm an advocate of computer generated ball/strike calls.

Umpires crappy officiating should not have an impact on the outcome of the game. 

Not to mention slashing his tires. That was a little over the top.

And yet you've found away to gripe about their griping that hasn't even happened. Congrats. 

BTW I love the consistent lineups! 

However, considering the past 2 games, I think Skip shoulda slipped Hamilton in the #3 slot today, just to keep "yayo" from calling IBB every time Pujols comes up to the plate.

He was just being nice because he was in front of his daughter. 

If he was alone he would have told you to take your golf clubs and "shove 'em where the sun don't shine." 

They were both no doubters.

Yup. 

Knew it as soon as he hit'em. 

Pujols looked great in the box today.

It maybe took a season and a couple games, but I think he's finally getting comfortable. 

Ranger fans are garbage.

These commentators are blatantly against the Angels for no good reason other than they're east coast homers. 

Screw every single one of them.

LOL they got the Angels off the screen as soon as humanly possible. 

LIGHT IT UP BABY!

That'a baby Ernesto. 

Way to pull a Wellsy Cruz.

these announcers suck