No more 'generic Dad Nikes' - How MLB umpires -- yes, umpires

Don't blame umpires for Padres' loss, other MLB playoffs results - Sports Illustrated

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Dodgers-Padres NLDS umpires: Mark Carlson is crew chief - True Blue LA

Toronto Blue Jays' Brook Jacoby calls suspension 'biased, harsh, and unfair' after appeal of 14-game ban rejected by MLB

Do MLB catchers and home base umpires have casual conversations, or is it strictly business? - Quora

No more 'generic Dad Nikes': How MLB umpires -- yes, umpires! -- are stepping up their shoe game : r/baseball

No more 'generic Dad Nikes' - How MLB umpires -- yes, umpires! -- are stepping up their shoe game - ESPN

Umpires stop game to check Padres' Joe Musgrove for sticky substances, but find none - The Boston Globe

Baty homers first time up in majors, Mets beat Braves 9-7

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MLB world blasts umpire after another blatant missed call

Report: Sky Sox owners set to discuss plans to move team to San Antonio, Sports

When Sports Illustrated declared on the cover of a June 2014 issue that the Houston Astros would win the World Series in 2017, people thought Ben Reiter, the article's author, was crazy. The Astros were the worst baseball team in half a century, but they were more than just bad. They were an embarrassment, a club that didn't even appear to be trying to win. The cover story, combined with the specificity of Reiter's claim, met instant and nearly universal derision.

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