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Jonathan Papelbon Blames Umpire After Blowing Save Against Yankees

There was a lot at stake when Jonathan Papelbon took the mound in the bottom of the ninth at Yankee Stadium on Sunday night. Three outs would mean a sweep for the Red Sox and it would mean that Boston's chances of pulling off the improbable and making the playoffs were still alive entering the final week of the season....

Phil Cuzzi Talks With MLB Officials, Reportedly Will Not Be Punished

Phil Cuzzi blew a call at home plate on Sunday and cost the Giants a win. Though Cuzzi faced a review with Major League Baseball, he will not face any sort of disciplinary action from the league, according to a report in the New York Times. The New York Daily News initially reported the news that Cuzzi would have to...

Phil Cuzzi Plays Large Role in Mets' Win Over Giants

UPDATE: Cuzzi will be reviewed and could face punishment from Major League Baseball, according to a report in the New York Daily News. The ninth inning between the Mets and Giants on Sunday afternoon in San Francisco was exciting enough, but thankfully Phil Cuzzi -- who was once fired as a minor league umpire and is no...

Twins Villain Cuzzi Once Fired as Minor League Ump

MINNEAPOLIS -- Phil Cuzzi, the umpire who missed a call down the left-field line that helped cost the Twins their game Friday night at Yankee Stadium, was fired as a minor league umpire in 1993. According to a June 1999 story by The Associated Press, Cuzzi was working at a hotel bar in July 1996 when he approached...

Umpires Admit Blowing Call in Twins Loss

Crew chief Tim Tschida admitted that left field umpire Phil Cuzzi blew a key call in the 11th inning of the Twins' Game 2 loss to the Yankees.In the half-inning before New York's Mark Teixeira scraped his walk-off home run over the left-field wall, Twins catcher Joe Mauer sent a bloop down the line that deflected off of...

Background on Phil Cuzzi

Philip Cuzzi (born August 29, 1955 in Newark, New Jersey) is a Major League Baseball umpire who initially worked in the National League from 1991 to 1993 before returning to the NL in 1999; since 2000 he has worked throughout both major leagues.

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