Playoff Diary: Sleepwalking Umpires

Found October 12, 2009 on The Fightins:

Playoff Diary: Sleepwalking Umpires

TEAMS: Philadelphia Phillies
PLAYERS: Matt Stairs

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Check out the pitch locations of Matt Stairs’ at-bat last night in the eighth inning. He only swung at one of those pitches, a 2-2 pitch, yet pitches that were essentially in the same location were called strikes or balls depending on what the umpire felt like. No wonder Stairs ended up striking out on [...]

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