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The Dugout: Homophobic Slurz!

This is the same face I use when somebody screams out a homophobic slur in public. Okay, maybe not when they say the actual slur, but shortly thereafter when they are getting all indignant about it. For example, I don't care when Enimem says the f-word (no, not that one, the meaner one), but I get pretty bothered when he...

Umpire Bob Davidson Says He Ejected Fan for Homophobic Slur

MILWAUKEE (AP) -- Veteran umpire Bob Davidson says he ejected a fan at Miller Park because the fan used a homophobic slur aimed at Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina. Davidson said he decided to throw out 44-year-old Sean A. Ottow of Waukesha, Wis., in the bottom of the seventh inning Tuesday night because he wanted to make...

The Dugout: Foul Ballz!

People keep making jokes about how the pitching is really great this year because all the home run hitters had to stop doing PEDs and ended up these noodle-armed 35-year olds. I think the umpires are the ones who stopped doing steroids, because Major League Baseball has literally hired a passel of opossum to call the...

Umpire Bob Davidson's Blown Call Costs Marlins Victory

A bad season for Major League Baseball's umpires got worse Thursday night when Bob Davidson cost the Marlins a win with what appeared to be a terribly blown call at third base. Gaby Sanchez's hard ninth-inning grounder past Phillies third baseman Greg Dobbs and down the left-field line should have given the Marlins a 5-4...

Time for Umps to Be Accountable Too

More than any other sport, baseball is a numbers game. From the general manager down to the 25th man on the roster, every man on the baseball side of the equation has numbers to spell out how he well he does. Even commissioner Bud Selig has numbers that show the range of his effectiveness at the helm -- think total...

Bob Davidson News From the Web

05/21/12 Bob Davidson: Wow, MLB Actually Suspended An Umpire... Source: Houston Press - Houston TX I have a good friend who was a minor league umpire, so I tend to have a bit more of a sympathetic eye toward their foibles than do others.
05/19/12 Charlie Manuel and umpire draw suspensions Source: Los Angeles Times - Los Angeles CA Philadelphia Phillies Manager Charlie Manuel was suspended one game for his nose-to-nose argument with plate umpire Bob Davidson during a game Tuesday night.
05/19/12 Baseball roundup Source: St Louis Post-Dispatch - St Louis MO Andy Pettitte pitched eight shutout innings for his first regular-season win since July 2010, leading the New York Yankees over the visiting Cincinnati Reds 4-0 on Friday night.
05/18/12 MLB Gets It Right With Suspension of Bob Davidson... Source: NESN We saw the worst of a Major League Baseball player this week when Brett Lawrie exploded during the ninth inning of a Blue Jays game on Tuesday night.
05/18/12 Brandon McCarthy on his argument with the ump... Source: Comcast SportsNet As mentioned in ATH this morning, Brandon McCarthy got boned on a call and had a big argument with umpire Laz Diaz about it which led to his manager's ejection.