williams last night in the u.s. women s open final. matt bradley has been covering this legendary tournament. and ooh, there was a lot that happened there. so let s get to it. alex, all the uproar set the stage for her opponent, japan s naomi osaka to win the grand slam event in straight sets. but it all began to unravel for serena after very questionable umpire calls. you owe me an apology. i have never cheated in my life! reporter: down in her second set, serena williams unleashing on the umpire following this signal from her coach against the rules. i don t cheat to win, i would rather lose. reporter: serena struggles to maintain her composure but can t. and another violation. this time costing her a point. and serena just can t take it. you stole a point from me. you re a thief, too! reporter: violation number three. are you kidding me? because i said you re a thief?
projects that make sense for them. sally jewel, thank you pr starting the conversation with us here today. thank you for initiating the conversation. now opening day, yes, it is spring and saw two firsts. two umpire calls were overturned using the expanded replay rule. they have gone off without a hitch. for fans nothing compares to the joy and hope of opening day starting with a clean slate every team including my beloved nationals, undefeated so far this season. i should add we all have a shot at winning the world series. and it does come with perks. the boston red sox, which took a shellacking from the orioles last night, did have a lap at the white house. now i thought i invited the red sox here today, but there must be a mistake because i don t recognize all these clean shaven guys.
tiger s justin verlander and angels dan haren. bobby abray yau loabreu doesn t call and the home plate umpire runs him. what? bottom of the second, eric aybar doubles to right. kendrick scores. third base umpire calls for verlander to use a different ball after he wiped his mouth. verlander was unhappy about it. jim leyland, the tiger s manager not happy about it. end of the inning. the umpire and jim leyland get into it. west tosses him out. dan haren s spectacular striking out miguel ka brar yachlt ver lander is pulled from the game. he gives the umpire a piece of his mind on the way out and he gets tossed. angels win 1-0. dan haren throws a two hit shutout to pick up the 100th career win. coming up at the top of the hour on morning joe, president
against the brooklyn dodgers and campanella and duke snider. these are the reds where they do have an awesome year. larson gets the last pitch of the game which is more of a ball that the pitch what halladay gave up the walk on to jay bruce. that was a closer pitch than larson s final pitch, so included in that kind of problemistic luck factor are things like umpire calls. what about years where you saw more juicing or suspected juicing in baseball and, of course, since they ve cracked down. could this have happened in the heydays of the big run derbies? less likely. fundamentally problemistic, less likely. halladay, you got to think of him like krypton. he was pitching during the juice