McClelland; right for the wrong reason.

[PeteBooth]

Originally posted by GarthB

From the NY Post:

"'Procedurally, I didn't handle it 100 percent right,' McClelland told The Post in an exclusive interview in the umpires' room in The Stadium. "But I'm sure it hit the pole."

This "get the call right at any expense" movement by Alderson may create warm and fuzzies in the short term. But a major sh#t house is just a call away.

Instead of defending his actions, McClelland should be doing a lot of soul searching today and thanking his guardian angel that his mistake didn't matter, this time.

Garth IMO, plays like last night should be for INSTANT REPLAY. It's time for baseball to get out of the dark ages and use current technology.

All other major sports use it. The NFL, NBA and National Hockey League. Is it Perfect? NO but what is.

If replay were used for last night's game, we wouldn't have to worry about this overtuning your partner nonsense and what it means for the future of umpiring.

We have already had way to many BLOWN calls for important games. It's time replay were used. For those traditionalists out there, traditionalism went out when baseball changed the dimension of the pitcher's mound, The DH, interleague play and the various divisions instead of just American vs. National.

Instant replay wouldn't slow the game down any more than it already is. In fact it would speed things up. Take last night's game for example where Replay CLEARLY showed the outcome.

Pete Booth