Your Opening Night umpires for Dodgers-Padres: HP: Fieldin Culbreth (crew chief). 1B: Manny Gonzalez. 2B: Jim Reynolds. 3B: Sean Barber (filling in for Brian Knight). The UEFL opens the floor for Opening Night discussion. Notes include home plate umpire performance according to pitch f/x and UEFL Rules 6-2-b-a (horizontal bound, "Kulpa Rule") and 6-2-b-b (vertical strike zone, "Miller Rule"). Plays include significant plays, if such plays occur.
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3/30/14, LAD@SD, NL West: HP Umpire Fieldin Culbreth:
pfx (83/88 Balls + 46/55 Strikes = 129/143 = 90.2%).
Close or Notable Plays
- Cashner's throw beats AJ Ellis to third base on a bunt by Ryu in the fifth (3B Umpire Barber)
- Dodgers complete the 3-6-3 double play on backend grab by Adrian Gonzalez (1B Umpire Gonzalez)
