Wednesday, October 8, 2008

ALCS Umpiring Crew is Set: What do you know about these guys?

MLB just announced that Tim McClelland will be the crew chief for the ALCS and he will be joined by Derryl Cousins, Brian Gorman, Brian O'Nora, Alfonso Marquez and Sam Holbrook.

I would love to hear your thoughts on these guys as well as any stories as it relates to any Rays games they worked over the years.

Here are some useful links if you want to learn about these guys:

Tim McClelland
Known to be a shoebox umpire. Could this be an edge for Game #1 when TM is behind the plate? Shields = 40BB in 215 IP vs. Matsuzaka = 94BB in 167 IP.

Derryl Cousins
Kazmir blows up at Cousins, Maddon ejected (Story HERE)

Brian Gorman

Brian O'Nora

Alfonso Marquez

Sam Holbrook

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posted by Blogging Man at 5:45 PM

2 Comments:

Anonymous Ryan said...

As long as its not that Meals guy who was at 1st on that BJ play earlier this year I like it. The crew chief calls a good pitchers game.

GO RAYS!!!!

October 8, 2008 8:05 PM  
Anonymous Robert Ferringo said...

I am a professional sports handicapper for Doc's Sports Services, and I can tell you this about the A.L. umpire crew: expect runs, runs, and more runs.

These guys have some of the tightest strike zones in the entire league, especially McClelland, Marquez, and Holbrook. These guys are 'over' machines, from a totals betting standpoint, mainly because they all have strikeout-to-walk ratios of less than 2.0.

Bottom line, these guys are likely going to be tight on the corners and I wouldn't be surprised if one or two of these games turn into wild, wacky, softball-style affairs.

October 9, 2008 9:41 AM  

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