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Phil Cuzzi's Career Trajectory Not Exactly A String Of Successes
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Sgt.Hatred
10/11/09

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How is this not a bigger deal??? An ump fucks up a HUGE call in the 12th inning of a playoff game and it's mentioned offhandedly for the next few days?
As a Twins fan: ughhhhhhhhhh
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UkraineNotWeak
10/11/09

@ande8502:

If it happened to the Yanks, the screaming and crying in the media would be non-stop.
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SponsoredbyV8
10/11/09

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Phil Cuzzi's Career Trajectory Not Exactly A String Of Successes

And he made it to the professional pinnacle of umpiring MLB games?

This doesn't add up.

Barry- The FanHouse article says he was fired as a minor league umpire.
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Barry Petchesky
10/11/09

@SponsoredbyV8: Brainfart. Thanks.
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Nick
10/10/09

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oh, and that's why the yankees wear pinstripes?
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Nick
10/10/09

In reply to Does This Look Foul To You?
he was later seen leaving the stadium with a baseball sized lump in his neck.
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RugDaniels
10/10/09

In reply to Does This Look Foul To You?
Phil Cuzzi made one of the great all-time blunders last night... the most famous is which 'never get involved in a land war in Asia'.
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MadmanMundt
10/10/09

@RugDaniels: That or never go up against a Sicilian when death is on the line.
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lukeoneil47
10/10/09

@RugDaniels: Ha. Beat me to it.
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Gravy
10/10/09

In reply to Does This Look Foul To You?
Meanwhile, in the deep shadows of an underground parking garage, Cuzzi slips into the back of a Lincoln Town Car. In the driver's seat is Tim Donaghy, who is attempting to jump-start his new life as best he can.

In the back seat, Bud Selig's face appears out of the wavering fluorescent shadows as he hands Cuzzi a nondescript envelope.

"Job well done, son."

/Twins-Rockies ratings disaster avoidance plan'd
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Sir Hotbod Handsomeface
10/10/09

@Gravy: In the other seat is Mauer, whose perfectly placed ball down the line and subsequent single made it all possible. Wait, what?
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MarkKelsosMigraine
10/10/09

In reply to Does This Look Foul To You?
Who's pumped for Syracuse - West Virginia!!??

/crickets
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UkraineNotWeak
10/10/09

@MarkKelsosMigraine:

I am.
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UkraineNotWeak
10/10/09

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Cuzzi blew the call twice. Not only did it land fair but the ball also nicked Cabrera's glove on the way down while he was in fair territory..
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BruschisBrewsky
10/10/09

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Is anybody watching College GameDay? Is Lee Corso currently drunk or having a stroke?
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Josh Lanier
10/10/09

@BruschisBrewsky: No, the stroke was in the offseason.

[sports.espn.go.com]
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BruschisBrewsky
10/10/09

@Josh Lanier: I've watched GameDay every week and Corso has shown no mental deficiencies that weren't there before the stroke.

He is slurring everything today, and physically cannot pronounce the word "Florida".
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MorelOrelHershiser
10/10/09

@BruschisBrewsky: BruschisBrewsky making jokes about having a stroke. +1 brain hemorrhage to you
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BruschisBrewsky
10/10/09

@MorelOrelHershiser: Wasn't a joke, I'm legitimately concerned. But thanks for the well wishes.
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Marth
10/10/09

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I know Deadspin isn't necesasrily the proper forum for this, but I just need to rant here for a second, forgive me: As a Twins fan, I don't care one bit that they completely blew this call. This team left 17 runners on base this game, including loading the bases with no outs after the blown call. If you can't get some runs across the plate with that kind of help (they outhit the Yankees in BOTH games so far!), than you don't deserve shit. This was textbook Twins/Yankees playoff baseball, and I wasn't surprised by a single minute of it. And to beat one more dead horse (which has long since decomposed and is now sprouting a young sapling), how can anyone actually root for this Yankees team? How is it even enjoyable to watch what is essentially a bunch of other teams' all stars just barely beat a team of glorified AAAers, time and time again? They should really be winning these games 17-2, and yet people still pay small fortunes to watch it happen, and cheer like they deserve it. It must be a miserable existence. I'll take my game 163 victory (bad call and all), call it a season, and have pride in a team that actually manages to overachieve once in a while, as frustrating as it may be.
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UkraineNotWeak
10/10/09

@Marth:

You forgot the part about acting loke total douches about it.
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Kid Canada
10/10/09

@Marth:

How about the Twins and Blue Jays switch divisions for a few seasons?
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StevePerryPsychOut
10/10/09

@Kid Canada: Sorry dude, moving to the AL Central won't magically bring the average Blue Jay front-office IQ above 100.
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Kid Canada
10/10/09

@StevePerryPsychOut:

Jays won 86 games last year, 83 in 2007 and 87 in 2006, playing in the AL East. I'm pretty sure they would have contended in the Central in some or all of those years.
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Sir Hotbod Handsomeface
10/10/09

@Marth: re: my existence. actually its not too bad.
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badhatharry
10/10/09

@Marth: Hey, what's up guys? Sorry I'm late for the Yankees fan club meeting. Anybody want to talk about how much of an honor it must have been for Blackburn to be allowed to pitch against us last night?

What? Why are you guys so quiet? I didn't get the note that we were all supposed to bring knives.
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iuubob
10/10/09

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that was the single worst call I have seen in baseball playoff history
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BruschisBrewsky
10/10/09

@iuubob:
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Steve U
10/10/09

In reply to Does This Look Foul To You?
So we've got a full day of college football, more playoff games, and if you behave yourselves—maybe some WNBA talk.

Not to mention the unwatchable US-Honduras match that may put us into the World Cup!

Seriously though - is there any chance of there being a decent feed available somewhere?
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BruschisBrewsky
10/10/09

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The only thing more disturbing than this image was A-Rod and Teixeira playing grab-ass for the cameras during the post game interview.
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Philistine
10/10/09

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Is it wrong for me to be fantasizing about Joe Nathan sitting in that van?
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Hockeymom
10/10/09

@Philistine: No.
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BruschisBrewsky
10/10/09

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It may appear he's looking at the ball, but really he just had gas pains at an unfortunate time.
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