Jerry Meals....;Be a man and admit mistake.

Well it has been a long road back, but now on the plus side of the ledger after a nice night in baseball. Jim Joyce made a bad call last year that cost a young man a perfect game but at least the play was bang, bang and Mister Joyce quickly said he had made a mistake. Jerry meals not only missed the play of the game in the Pirates and Braves game yesterday, but his strike zone was so bad all night that the Braves Manager and star catcher were tossed out of the game. Jerry Meals couldn't even admit making an error and by not taking full care of his actions, he makes all umpires look bad. I have to admit I am in the minority, I do not believe that replay must be expanded. I believe, as an umpire you have to get it right. The Pirates have a great chance to win their division and be the Giants of this baseball season. Hopefully this pathetic call will not stop the Pirates in their tracks and once again make them believe that they are losers. The Pirates do have a fine young group and a wonderful bullpen, but most of all a great manager who has been through many situations, good and bad. Clint Hurdle will hopefully hold this group together and not let them dwell on ones mans wondering eye.

There are 30 teams in all of baseball and as of today, 16 teams have a chance to win their division. I cannot remember the last time this late in a season that over half of all of baseball has a chance to make the playoffs by winning their division. I haven't even done the research on the wild card, but I would say that probably brings a few more teams into play. It is great that baseball matters in so many cities as football once again is on the front page. Pay attention to teams like the Pittsburgh Pirates, Cleveland Indians, Arizona Diamondbacks, Minnesota Twins after they were at one time close to 20 games out of it but are now only 7 games back. It is a good thing when baseball matters.

Baseball 84-99 +.95 units

San Francisco +160

Pittsburgh +160

New York Mets +130

Minnesota +180

Arizona +105

Have a great day.