According to Jason Stark of ESPN, Major League Baseball is finally considering using replay to review Homeruns calls and fair/foul calls. It’s about freakin’ time! This all comes on the heels of the Umps blowing two calls in New York this week and they are now willing to test replay in the Arizona Fall League. The most annoying part of all these talks is the “baseball purists” chiming in with their takes that it will mess with the flow of the game, or the human element or, god forbid, the games get a little longer. What makes me laugh about these purists like Tim Kurkjian is their unwillingness to acknowledge what really makes the games longer. They worry that a couple replays in a game will extend a game ten minutes or so. What about the freakin’ umpires who are afraid to call the strike zone properly?! This would all be moot if MLB would force the damn umpires to call the strike zone the way it’s supposed to be. If they would call the high strike again and make hitters actually swing the bat, it would cut at least 15 minutes off each game. Guys like Kevin Youkilis, Frank Thomas and our own B.J. Upton would have to stop whining about every damn ball that they think is high and swing the bat. It would help the pitchers, speed up the game and make things much more exciting. Then we could add replay and there would be no interruption to the precious flow of the game! They don’t need to have replay on everything but they should at least be able to get a homerun call right. If you purist whiners are going to cry about something that isn’t right in the game, start with the rule book you jackasses!

Scott Brannelly

Source: ESPN

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