Took 2:15 to sort out. How long would two manager arguments have taken? Though I admit to concern over slippery slop.
That's what scares me. A slippery slop indeed.
It scares me too, since it describes my wife's cooking to a T.
Truly, what I tried to bring out in a comment to another post on replay has been borne out here. The blame for needing replay does not rest with the umpires. Rather, it is stadiums like that in Tampa that are to blame. Someone recently described the nightmare scenario of a simple pop up hitting a catwalk and falling for a decisive two-base hit in a post-season game. In a stadium like this, the game being played is not baseball. If you have to have a dome, make it something like Safeco Field in Seattle. At least there you have real grass and no pinball bumpers intruding into the field of play. As for the rest of the cases this season that have brought on the cries for replay, some paint and a little thought into the structures at the top of the outfield walls will go a long way toward improving the situation.
Aw, Howard, I can see what you mean, but one could make the same argument about Fenway or The Polo Grounds or any stadium with a quirky design.
