umpires, refs, and sports

[kygorski]

A lot of anger about a call in that 19 inning game yesterday.But the ump is right has been the norm as long as I can remember.Hey they are only human, I dont want baseball to go the way of the NFL. I like to see a manager go nuts and get thrown out, also these bench clearing " dances". Pete Rose will always have the record as far as I'm concerned, and Yogi was a philospher to the nth degree.No replays! But I sure wish they would have hung that fan who interfered with that foul ball, the Cubbies could have won it all.

[DJD]

I saw that on ESPN. I'm in favor of instant replay. I hate to see years of effort on the owners, players, trainers and fans get lost by a bad call when we have awesome technology available to us that can provide a piece of the decision making puzzle when it comes to making a call that could decide a game or series.
NBA, Nascar and the NFL have been better for it. JMO.

[RoadToad]

Baseball already has instant replay, but only for if a ball is in or out, meaning is it a home run or not. You don't see it used very often. This particular call was obviously wrong, and decided a game, but how many calls have there been like that, compared to the number of games played? A very tiny number. Baseball is already perceived as a slow game, and expanding instant replay would slow it down even more. I don't think there's enough of a problem to justify it.

[kygorski]

Then get them out of there! yeah I've seen the pitches on camera,and the ghost tags of second base on double plays,So why go half way?Luck has always had a hand in sports, but lucky teams with lousy talent usually wind up where they belong[except the cubbies]