In the last Atlanta series I noticed, I believe, four instances where Umpires
had made bad
calls; twice in the series with the Marlins. Again, today, as Paul Loduca's
checked swing was
called for a strike. Loduca, visibly upset, may have carried that emotion and
train of thought
into committing a pass ball which advanced Omar Vizquel to third. Omar
eventually scored
on an attempted 2-3-2 double play. Loduca argued profusely his tag of Vizquel
was an out
and again failed at that. Luckily, Beltran hit the walk off home run in the
twelfth for the win.
Bad calls affect the player's mental stablity causing errors in play. I am
certainly not fond of
instant replay, but how do you feel on instant replay in baseball?