MLB needs to examine umps and their power.(Sports)

0 Comments | Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), June, 2007

Byline: Bruce Miles bmiles@@dailyherald.com Kudos to the Cubs for aggressively pursuing their case for pitcher Ted Lilly. Umpires foolishly threw Lilly out of Sunday night's nationally televised game in Atlanta after Lilly hit the Braves' Edgar Renteria with a pitch in the first inning.

Yes, home-plate umpire Jim Wolf was at fault and should be disciplined for throwing common sense out the window and tossing Lilly. Lilly's pitch looked to be purposeful, as did Tim Hudson's the night before, when he plunked Alfonso Soriano with the first toss of the game. Hudson was given only a warning. But let's not heap all the blame on Wolf and umpire crew chief Tim Tschida. The problem lies with Major League Baseball's rules, which force umpires to be mind...