Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Instant Replay instantly.

Last night's Yankee - Angel playoff game may have set a new low for the umpires. There were three calls that were embarrassingly incorrect. The crew chief apologized for the two that he made. All of us watching the game on TV and apparently also those in California attending the game judged by the amount of booing knew very quickly that umpiring mistakes had occurred. Here's the quick, easy, cheap solution: Let the TV announcers alert the umps that they blew a call. Heck, they are alerting the viewing audience already. Why not let the umps know it? Just push a button. The button could light up a red light on the scoreboard and/or communicate to the umps more discreetly through a hand held device that the umps carry for this purpose. Then the umps would go to a TV near a dugout and watch the same replays that everyone at home is watching. Bingo! The mistake can be corrected in a few seconds. Much better than the current system: a manager arguing for an unlimited time and the call remaining incorrect. You know who should be demanding this the most? The umps. They are the ones who now look like fools. Their only recourse is instant "instant replay".

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