Not an illegal pitch. Capps is starting his windup/delivery with his back foot against the rubber. It would be a balk if this motion was directed towards an occupied base, since contact with the foot needs to be made behind or next to the rubber, not in front.

It’s a very ugly delivery, yes. I don’t see how it benefits…

From what I could hear of the commentary, the review at second was not about Betts beating the throw (which he did), but if he came off the bag during the pop-up slide and was tagged out.

It’s how the umpires are trained. Except for height and skin color, all the minor league umpires are clones of each other. They are never to show any emotion, and to be stone faced during all confrontations. I think MLB figures if the umpires can remain perfectly calm during the most obnoxious of tirades down in the…

Lowell goat escapes from farm, wanders around major highway, opens twitter account @TheLowellGoat and moves to life of free-range luxury.

ESPN goat escapes from farm, wanders around parking lot, has to listen to Chris Berman.

I didn’t deny he did if after every pitch. But someone posted a video below...he takes one step out, adjusts his straps quickly, and steps right back into the box. He’s facing the pitcher while he does the toe tapping thing. So even though he’s moving around, he’s in the box and ready for the pitch.

Everyone noticed it…

Nomar was extremely fidgety, yes, but his routine didn’t really delay anything. He took one step out of the box, adjusted his gloves and wristbands, then stepped right back into the box. Even that digging-in thing was finishing when the pitcher started his windup.

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Not always audibly. But I’ve seen visible warnings stating upcoming traffic issues, in both mileage and time. Easier to glance at it if I’m already stopped due to a red light.

I do find some of the routes a little unnecessary. One route send me on side streets, only to pull back into the same lane of traffic 200 yards…

Of course, there are too many jokes about the Patriots wanting to add more fixed cameras during a game.

208. Blue Balls.

Maybe this is reason why all our favorite wrestlers are dropping dead of heart attacks at early ages. To "play through the pain" intentionally inflicted during training, they stuffed enough steroids and pain killers into their systems to satiate a herd of elephants.

Billy Bean: "I'm gay".

That person's business card reads "Official Kanye West of the Academy Awards"

...unless they were already in the front court, in which case it would be a violation every time a player crossed the half-court line to shoot in her opponents' basket.

Everyone started floating towards the person holding the gun?

The "brown" is named after the Paul Brown, the team's original head coach.

I think it's more red. I found some design files online, and both the Bengals and Browns had the same color (don't have the files in front of me right now, but I think it was Pantone 1655C).

For printing purposes, both had the same shade or orange.

For fabrics (uniforms), they were different.

So, what happens when the pitcher breaks the rules? The links show that the umpire can call a strike on a batter who leaves the box or causes an unnecessary delay. What about the pitcher?

Right? People always make fun of Nomar's routine, but he did it quickly. One foot out to adjust his gloves, the rest of the tics happened with both feet in the batter's box, while the pitcher had his feet on the pitching rubber.

In football, there is a person on the sidelines who lets the officials know when a commercial break is over. That person usually wears long orange gloves, like flourescent oven mitts. His (or her) hand is raised during the commercial or other TV time out, and drops it when the break is over. I worked a locally…