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To: ColdOne

Baseball really should be electronically officiated, there’s nothing going on in the game that couldn’t be handled with RFIDs, pressure sensors, and Hawk-Eyes. Then there’d be no need for reviews, and they could fire most of their terrible umps.


4 posted on 01/16/2014 12:26:59 PM PST by discostu (I don't meme well.)
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To: discostu

Joe West being on the top of the list to be fired first!!!


5 posted on 01/16/2014 12:33:28 PM PST by ColdOne (I miss my poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11))
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To: discostu
Baseball really should be electronically officiated, there’s nothing going on in the game that couldn’t be handled with RFIDs, pressure sensors, and Hawk-Eyes. Then there’d be no need for reviews, and they could fire most of their terrible umps.

I've been saying that since the 1970's at least where we can use electronic referees by doing what you said above. I'd like to see it expanded to football and hockey.
12 posted on 01/16/2014 12:45:57 PM PST by Nowhere Man (Mom I miss you! (8-20-1938 to 11-18-2013) Cancer sucks)
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To: discostu

Have you ever seen what Curt Shilling thinks of that?


16 posted on 01/16/2014 12:53:12 PM PST by Cyber Liberty (H.L. Mencken: "The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule.")
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