Instant Replay in baseball. Sounds simple. It's not. In the one hundred and sixty third game of a one hundred sixty two game schedule, the play-in game was decided on a play at the plate. From the time I woke up at 0530 this morning until I sat down to opine on the controversy, I had seen the replay some 100 times, from a variety of angles.
The basic mantra being bantered about is that the runner missed home plate. I saw the hands of the home plate umpire signal safe. That is where it ends for me.
All the pundits crying that they deserve the right call need to just shut up. Baseball has been played - and judged - by the human eye since it's inception.
The argument that seems most prevalent is for Instant Replay. It's technology. It's state of the art. Hey steroids are technology, but they're taboo.
There are 32 teams, multiplied by 162 games, multiplied by 54 outs a game. Added to that the 350+ balls and strikes. No one is perfect and things happen. It all evens out in the end.
Today in the Padres clubhouse I'm sure the guys that are packing up are bent over the call, but not more than the loss of a 2 run lead. In the 13th inning, by a Hall of Fame lock closer no less.
The only guys that it should make a difference to is them and they don't want it. At this level of play these guys have had calls go both for and against them.
If your check doesn't say San Diego Padres, it's not yours, so Shut up!
The basic mantra being bantered about is that the runner missed home plate. I saw the hands of the home plate umpire signal safe. That is where it ends for me.
All the pundits crying that they deserve the right call need to just shut up. Baseball has been played - and judged - by the human eye since it's inception.
The argument that seems most prevalent is for Instant Replay. It's technology. It's state of the art. Hey steroids are technology, but they're taboo.
There are 32 teams, multiplied by 162 games, multiplied by 54 outs a game. Added to that the 350+ balls and strikes. No one is perfect and things happen. It all evens out in the end.
Today in the Padres clubhouse I'm sure the guys that are packing up are bent over the call, but not more than the loss of a 2 run lead. In the 13th inning, by a Hall of Fame lock closer no less.
The only guys that it should make a difference to is them and they don't want it. At this level of play these guys have had calls go both for and against them.
If your check doesn't say San Diego Padres, it's not yours, so Shut up!
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