{"id":55458,"date":"2023-07-16T21:16:34","date_gmt":"2023-07-16T21:16:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=55458"},"modified":"2023-07-16T21:16:34","modified_gmt":"2023-07-16T21:16:34","slug":"texas-rangers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=55458","title":{"rendered":"‘No’ on review of calls"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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I will admit to being a professional sports fuddy-duddy, given all the technology being introduced to manage the conduct of various games.<\/p>\n

Allow me this brief rejoinder to one of those elements: instant replay.<\/p>\n

I attended a big-league baseball game Friday night in Arlington, Texas, where my friend and I watched the Texas Rangers blow out the Cleveland Guardians. What’s more, they did it without a lick of help from the umpires.<\/p>\n

The Rangers filed one challenge to a play at the plate. A runner was called “out!” … and he was out, by a mile<\/em>. The review of the video proved the call was the correct one.<\/p>\n

Which brings me to my point. We should let the umpires do their job. They have to make decisions in a split second. You know what? They get it right about, oh, 99% of the time. It never ceases to amaze me how the momentum of games is disrupted by the challenges allotted to managers of both teams.<\/p>\n

Well, the game we witnessed in Arlington was left to the athletes. It cheers me to no end to see the Grand Old Game played the way it’s intended.<\/p>\n

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