Discussions: 2011 Division Series

As the ALDS & NLDS get underway, we again feature the live UEFL UmpChat as well as some game highlights, below. Notes include home plate umpire performance according to pitch f/x and UEFL Rules 6.b.ii.a. (horizontal bound, "Kulpa Rule") and 6.b.ii.b. (vertical strike zone, "Miller Rule"). Plays include significant plays, if such plays occur. For future games, notes include home plate umpire probables. "If necessary" games are not included. Proudly updated on a Mac.

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Friday's covered games (both NLDS Game 5: Deciding Cardinals/Phillies meet D'Backs/Brewers in NLCS):
- Final: STL@PHI: Ending with 94.0%, Cederstrom wraps up the Division Series.

- Final: AZ@MIL: At 95.2%, Kellogg finishes with the second highest accurate game of the playoffs.

Thursday's covered game (ALDS Game 5: Deciding, Tigers meet Rangers in ALCS):
- Final: DET@NYY: With Barrett's <90.0%, the Tigers-Yankees series finishes with 683-768, or 88.9%.

Wednesday's covered games (both NLDS Game 4):

- Final: MIL@AZ: Bruce Dreckman finishes at 93.3%, having called the most pitches of any DS umpire thus far.

- Final: PHI@STL: Angel Hernandez finishes at 93.1%, having called the fewest pitches of any DS umpire thus far.

Tuesday's covered games:

- Final: MIL@AZ: In calling 90.7%, West scores the highest accuracy of any Division Series crew chief.

- Final: DET@NYY: Dan Iassogna calls <90.0% in Yankees blowout.

- Final: PHI@STL: Layne is the second crew chief to finish with <90.0% (Dale Scott).

- Final: TEX@TB: With 96.0%, Gibson has the highest accuracy rating in the Division Series.

Monday's covered games:
- Final: NYY@DET: Gerry Davis goes 90.2% after dropping 2.1% after the 7th inning.
- Final: TEX@TB: Calling 146-168, Dale Scott calls the 3rd most pitches of anyone in the DS, goes <90.0%.

Notes and Archives
All DS: Starting assignments place the crew chief at second base so that he will officiate Game Three at the plate.
TB@TEX, Gm1: HP Umpire Mark Carlson: pfx (53-56 Called Strikes, 99-109 Balls = 92.1%)º
DET@NYY, Gm1: HP Umpire Tony Randazzo: pfx (50-62 Called Strikes, 103-107 Balls = 90.5%)*º
AZ@MIL, Gm 1: HP Umpire Ron Kulpa: pfx (55-59 Called Strikes, 76-80 Balls = 94.2%)º
STL@PHI, Gm 1: HP Umpire Chris Guccione: pfx (41-44 Called Strikes, 73-76 Balls = 95.0%)

TB@TEX, Gm2: HP Umpire Kerwin Danley: pfx (41-47 Called Strikes, 92-99 Balls = 91.1%)
DET@NYY, Gm2: HP Umpire Eric Cooper: pfx (40-51 Called Strikes, 100-106 Balls = <90.0%)'
AZ@MIL, Gm2: HP Umpire Alfonso Marquez: pfx (41-46 Called Strikes, 106-113 Balls = 92.5%)º
STL@PHI, Gm2: HP Umpire Jerry Meals: pfx (47-50 Called Strikes, 88-95 Balls = 93.1%)º

TEX@TB, Gm3: HP Umpire Dale Scott: pfx (49-57 Called Strikes, 97-111 Balls = <90.0%)º
NYY@DET, Gm3: HP Umpire Gerry Davis: pfx (34-42 Called Strikes, 104-111 Balls = 90.2%)º
PHI@STL, Gm3: HP Umpire Jerry Layne: pfx (38-45 Called Strikes, 83-90 Balls = <90.0%)º
MIL@AZ, Gm3: HP Umpire Joe West: pfx (38-44 Called Strikes, 79-85 Balls = 90.7%)º

TEX@TB, Gm4: HP Umpire Greg Gibson: pfx (49-50 Called Strikes, 96-101 Balls = 96.0%)º
NYY@DET, Gm4: HP Umpire Dan Iassogna: pfx (38-47 Called Strikes, 82-90 Balls = <90.0%)
PHI@STL, Gm4: HP Umpire Angel Hernandez: pfx (30-34 Called Strikes, 65-68 Balls = 93.1%)º

MIL@AZ, Gm4: HP Umpire Bruce Dreckman: pfx (48-54 Called Strikes, 118-124 Balls = 93.3%)º

DET@NYY, Gm5: HP Umpire Ted Barrett: pfx (40-49 Called Strikes, 92-103 Balls = <90.0%)º

AZ@MIL, Gm5: HP Umpire Jeff Kellogg: pfx (49-52 Called Strikes, 109-114 Balls = 95.2%)º

STL@PHI, Gm5: HP Umpire Gary Cederstrom: pfx (34-38 Called Strikes, 76-79 Balls = 94.0%)º

Plays
DET@NYY, Gm1: Cano's hit off top of the wall is reviewed with instant replay, confirmed by Davis as an RBI double
AZ@MIL, Gm1: Ryan Braun throws out Bloomquist at the plate, perfect block, perfect call by Guccione
TB@TEX, Gm2: Danley rules David Murphy's bouncer in front of the plate foul despite no contact with catcher or bat
DET@NYY, Gm2: Cooper, Davis, Iassogna, Barrett, and Welke simultaneously call the obvious Logan balk
AZ@MIL, Gm2: Brewers' five run sixth inning features Dreckman and Marquez's balk call on Ziegler
AZ@MIL, Gm2: Looking in from the glare, James Hoye rules Aaron Hill's line drive a foul ball off the wall
STL@PHI, Gm2: Edited video of four angry reactions to Jerry Meals' strike zone (one of those, a correct call)^
STL@PHI, Gm2: La Russa complains on national TV about the strike zone; MLB has fined him for his actions^
PHI@STL, Gm3: Umpires confer, correctly overturn trap / catch call in right field to an out
TEX@TB, Gm4: Rodriguez and Napoli collide at home plate, Greg Gibson correctly gives two "safe" calls
PHI@STL, Gm4: Squirrel runs in front of home plate as pitch is caught, Angel Hernandez correctly rules a ball
DET@NYY, Gm 5: Girardi requests bandage removal; Barrett directs Benoit to remove the medical item

*Contest was suspended per MLB Rule 4.10 Comment. Randazzo's pre-suspension line was 9-11 CS, 18-18 B = 93.1%. This isn't the first the the Tigers & Yankees have been rained out in New York.
'The UEFL reports all sub-90.0% accuracy games as "<90.0%"
^As noted in this Bleacher Report article, Tony La Russa's complaints over Meals' K-zone were misguided.
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