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The CI alarm has been sounded!
2008-08-20 20:49
by Bob Timmermann

Catcher's Interference Calls of 2008


Date Batter Catcher Umpire Batter's Team Catcher's team
April 10 Lyle Overbay Kurt Suzuki Tom Hallion Toronto Oakland
May 11 Guillermo Quiroz Miguel Olivo Jim Joyce Baltimore Kansas City
May 12 Travis Hafner Gregg Zaun Mike Reilly Cleveland Toronto
May 24 Carl Crawford Guillermo Quiroz Ed Hickox Tampa Bay Baltimore
May 29 Claudio Vargas Russell Martin Bill Welke New York Mets Los Angeles Dodgers
June 9 Carl Crawford Jeff Mathis Eric Cooper Tampa Bay Los Angeles Angels
June 28 Milton Bradley Chris Coste Jerry Meals Texas Philadelphia
July 12 Lyle Overbay Chad Moeller Gary Cederstrom Toronto New York Yankees
August 1 Lyle Overbay Gerald Laird Angel Campos Toronto Texas
August 20 Ivan Ochoa Paul Lo Duca Jim Joyce San Francisco Florida

 As if on cue, there was a catcher's interference tonight in San Francisco. Ivan Ochoa of the Giants became a real major leaguer when Paul Lo Duca of the Marlins got in the way in the seventh inning of the Giants 6-5 win tonight. Ochoa actually took a swing at a pitch out and hit Lo Duca's glove.

Why is this on cue? Well, you can read a much longer piece on catcher's interference that I penned for Rich Lederer and his Baseball Analysts site that is running for the first time tonight!

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Comments
2008-04-12 08:36:34
1.   dianagramr
Bob Timmermann ... the David Vincent of CI!

http://tinyurl.com/5taoo4

(ok Bob ... when does the "history of CI" book come out?)

2008-05-12 19:16:03
2.   Tom Meagher
Bob, you seem to have missed Quillermo Quiroz's CI on Sunday afternoon! What are the odds of a blog missing such an important event with Brian Bannister on the mound?
2008-05-12 19:31:49
3.   Bob Timmermann
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I missed one by Quiroz last year too.
2008-05-12 19:32:37
4.   LoveDemAs
How about the unassisted triple play? Much as I appreciate the CI alarm, we need to send up a flare for the triple play.
2008-05-12 19:35:56
5.   Bob Timmermann
Actually, I found out Cabrera faster than Hafner.

And a lot faster than Quiroz.

2008-05-12 20:19:21
6.   Tom Meagher
Quiroz was the catcher. The batter? New Royal Jose Guillen! What are the odds?
2008-05-12 20:20:02
7.   Tom Meagher
I'm referring to the 9/30/07 CI referenced in 3.
2008-05-24 18:55:48
8.   unmoderated
god i love the griddle.
2008-05-24 20:38:00
9.   scareduck
Juan out.
2008-05-29 18:12:55
10.   Chyll Will
I thought my computer was doing some strong narcotics when I saw this post and the old comments attached to it, but I can see clearly now...
2008-06-10 09:33:30
11.   standuptriple
As a former backstop, I have a love/hate relationship with this feature. The Quiroz event has me really floored. Did that create some sort of Tools of Ignorance Wormhole? There has to be some sort of Curse of the CI, right?
2008-06-28 21:49:15
12.   das411
Coolio, congrats Milton!
2008-07-12 10:33:20
13.   Travis08
Chad Moeller (the Yankees' near-useless 3rd catcher) is catching for the Yankees today, not Posada.
2008-07-12 10:42:32
14.   Bob Timmermann
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Thanks, bad intelligence from my Canadian source.
2008-08-04 21:07:45
15.   Bob Hendley
Any insights on the Romero incident the other day when the ball hit the bat twice.
2008-08-04 21:08:47
16.   Bob Timmermann
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I'm afraid not.
2008-08-20 23:04:03
17.   Deuce
What's the deal w/Overbay? Does he swing way late or does he do it intentionally?
2008-08-20 23:18:18
18.   Bob Timmermann
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Whatever Overbay does, he didn't do it until this year.
2008-08-21 11:46:19
19.   dianagramr
Bob .... I expect to see you making a presentation on the history of CI at the next SABR convention. :-)
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