KWVA’s “Friday Night Spotlight”
Friday May 31st, 2013
Co-Hosts: Ryan Rouillard (@ryrou22), Anthony Piganelli (@AP4treyallday)
Engineer: AJ Untermeyer (@AJUntermeyer)
7:00-7:10 Intro
7:10-7:29 College Baseball
· Looking back on the regular season
· Looking ahead to the postseason
7:29-7:32 Break
7:32-7:45 Baseball Continued
7:45-8:10 Softball
· Closing thoughts on this season
· Where they’ll stand next season
8:10-8:13 Break
8:13-8:28 MLB
· What to do about MLB umpiring
o Worst of the worst tournament (see contestants below)
8:28-8:32 Break
8:32-8:45 MLB continued
8:45-9:05 NBA
9:05-9:08 Break
9:08-9:20 Quincy Pondexter gets a date via Twitter
· Are we OK with the whole asking a celebrity out via social media?
9:20-9:40 Women’s Soccer Preview
· Recap Spring Season
· Better or worse under new leadership this fall?
9:40-9:56 TBD, but guaranteed to be FUN!
*MLB UMPIRING WORST OF THE WORST TOURNAMENT*
THIS SEASON
- 4/10: Umpires arrive late to the ballpark
- 5/25: Alfonso Marquez blows 2 calls in the same game ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8er0u8o-3kE)
- 5/8: Angel Hernandez fails to call home run, even after replay (http://wapc.mlb.com/play/?content_id=26965213)
- 5/5: Bryce Harper’s controversial ejection (http://wapc.mlb.com/play/?content_id=26863113)
- 5/9: Umpires improperly allow Astros to make a pitching change (http://wapc.mlb.com/play/?content_id=26989413)
- 4/8: Crazy strike 3 call ends Rangers-Rays game (http://wapc.mlb.com/play/?content_id=26132663)
- 4/28: David Price vs Tom Hallion (http://wapc.mlb.com/play/?content_id=26683805)
- 5/24: Rangers turn a “double play” vs Mariners (http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1651885-rangers-vs-mariners-video-watch-umpire-make-wrong-call-on-double-play)
PREVIOUS SEASONS
- Jim Joyce ruins perfect game (http://wapc.mlb.com/play/?content_id=8632475&c_id=mlb)
- Phil Cuzzi calls an out on a ball caught by a fan (http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/06/27/fan-catches-ball-in-stands-ump-calls-indians-batter-out-anyway/)
- Jeffrey Maier robs “HR” (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PT6q-lDiDA0)
- Jerry Meals misses swipe tag to end 19 inning game (http://wapc.mlb.com/play/?content_id=17335331)
- Todd Helton records an out with his foot 2 feet off the bag (http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120502&content_id=30242410&vkey=news_col&c_id=col)