Home Run Derby

I enjoy the human element to baseball. 

The decisions the manager has to make.  The mental showdown between a pitcher and a slugger.  Sending a runner from third against a left fielder with a cannon arm.  Unique ballpark dimensions and quirks. The double switch.  A strike zone that varies by umpire. 

It’s what makes baseball different from a lot of sports.

But there’s one element of baseball which should be cut and dried.  Whether a ball clears the fence or not.  And after three umpire screw-ups this week … it’s time for replay for Home Run calls. 

On Sunday … this Carlos Delgado bomb hit the foul pole at Yankee Stadium - that’s a Home Run.  But the umpires called it foul.

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