...02: Jorge Posada #20 of the New York Yankees agrues a strike call with home plate umpire Dana DeMuth in the top of the seventh inning against the Philadelphia Phillies in Game Five of the...

Nov 2, 2009; Philadelphia, PA, USA; New York Yankees manager Joe Girardi talks with umpire Dana Demuth during the first inning of game five of the 2009 World Series against the Philadelphia Phillies...

Enough already with all the delays

From conferences at the mound to conferences at home plate, the Yankees have a knack for delaying games.

Meet the World Series umpiring crew

Beginning with crew chief Gerry Davis, ESPN.com takes a closer look at the umpires for this year's World Series.

Instant replay for the World Series? Yes

Umpires make mistakes, just like players do. So why not institute instant replay for the World Series?

BP: The umpires' World Series role

Baseball Prospectus analyzes umpire trends for the six men assigned to the 2009 World Series and finds that Game 2, slated to pit A.J. Burnett against Pedro Martinez, could swing either way because of strike zone tendencies.

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Experienced umps in World Series

...breaking tradition and sticking with only experienced umpires for the World Series. Longtime crew chiefs Joe West, Dana DeMuth and Gerry Davis, along with Brian Gorman, Jeff Nelson and Mike Everitt will handle the games...

Veteran umps to work World Series

Stung by a rash of blown calls in the playoffs, Major League Baseball is breaking tradition and sticking with only experienced umpires for the World Series.

Four crew chiefs selected

Gerry Davis, Dana DeMuth, Tim Tschida and Joe West have been selected as the umpire crew chiefs for the first round of the playoffs.

Angels' Kazmir blanks A's in 5 innings; Fuentes gets 48th save

Scott Kazmir pitched five scoreless innings, Robb Quinlan drove in three runs and the Los Angeles Angels beat the Oakland Athletics 4-2 Saturday.

Angels-Athletics Preview

Angels-Athletics Preview

The final weekend

AJ Mass ranks the starting pitchers and looks for the matchups to exploit and avoid in the final weekend of the season.

Lincecum states case for 2nd straight Cy Young in final start to lift Giants

Tim Lincecum struck out seven in his final start of the season, and Andres Torres homered and hit an RBI triple and the San Francisco Giants finished their home schedule with a 7-3 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Thursday.

Molina's HRs, Sandoval's four hits lift Giants to win

Bengie Molina homered twice to help the Giants beat the Diamondbacks on Tuesday.

Angels' magic number still 4 after A's rally for victory

Jack Cust homered and doubled in the go-ahead run during a six-run eighth inning, Kurt Suzuki and Mark Ellis also went deep, and the Oakland Athletics rallied from a seven-run deficit to beat the Los Angeles Angels 15-10 on Saturday night.