Hey MLB...Instant Replay Please!

I am an old school type person. I believe in pitchers going until they can't anymore ala CC and Seaver and Johan. I don't like "the rules". I hate the tap tap, fix the batting gloves (though I am okay with the celebration, I'm emotional, what can I say?) I DO believe in umpires too so know that when I say, give me instant replay!

When I write a story, I use spell check. If not on my computer, I have a friend edit my writing. For many important things in life, we have someone looking over our shoulders to make sure we are doing whatever it may be as well as possible. So why not instant replay to check the "biggies" as I call them in baseball, especially in the playoffs?! The botched calls in last night's Yankees/Angels game were just embarrassing, NOT because they happened but because like always the umpires brush it off. They have become the "untouchables".

Tim McClelland admitted his error in the Cano/Posada play and basically wrote off the Swisher tag. (Look, that one was a wash from a bumble beforehand). Still it's like we just have to accept it when there is something that may (for the most part) eliminate those types of situations. So, let's make instant replay for more than just home runs, fan interference and whether the ball leaves the playing field. If there is a play in question in other sports, they go to the videotape. (Ode to Warner) Why not baseball? In basketball, football, even tennis with its challenges, no one disrespects the officials by asking for a second look. They understand that we are human and make mistakes occasionally. That's cool. I would be fine with yesterday and other mistakes on the baseball front if it wasn't for the attitude of "get over it, we are the umps". Let technology help and know that it is still the ump who I go to first.