Umps Against Instant Replay

Fans want it, players want it, coaches want it, but umpires don't want it.

The World Umpires Association had their governor's meeting Tuesday where they decided to boycott any conference call with Major League Baseball regarding instant replay. Such a conference call was scheduled to be held on Wednesday but MLB called off the meeting Tuesday night siting an delay on a reply from the player's union.

In a statement issued by Umpires' Association spokesman Lamell McMorris he said "A lot of the procedural issues necessary for instant replay to be implemented need to be worked out, major issues."

This one I can't understand. The objective of the Umpires should be to get the call right. If instant replay can assist this process in any way I would think they would be all for it. Look at the NFL. They brought in instant replay and it has been a huge success.

There are those people who say that instant replay takes the human element out of the game. That is ridiculous. If someone hits a ball over the fence they should be rewarded for it, not limited to a double because the umpire was not in position to see the ball go over the yellow line.

I understand how some may feel that getting one of their calls wrong will be demoralizing and make their later judgments questionable, but what they need to realize is how important it is to get the call right, all egos aside.

It is time for the Umpires Union to make the right call and allow instant replay; for everyone's sake.