Baseball,the perfect betting sport.Should it do away with umpires?

[BrentCrude]

Even 12years ago before I got into online betting I would have thought I would have been crazy saying that I like baseball the most out of all sports.I find it the best sport to bet on for winning parlay longshots.There isn't much difference on any given day between the lowly Royals and high and mighty Red Sox.

With football,hockey and basketball evolution has caught up where guys are so much bigger and faster and it has caused all these sports to be imperfect.By that I mean there are too many physical scurmishes where there are no moves,stickhandling in open ice etc.It would be like being in bed with a woman with a room full of guys that are ready to hit you,throw a ball at you etc.Pretty hard to complete the deed that way.hehe!Or it's like that Adam Sandler movie where he's an ex NHL player that gets into pro golf where he throws body checks to guys putting in tournaments.The refs can call fouls and penalties on just about any play and most of the open court slam dunks in basketball are scored all on travels by the player.

So in baseball you have this perfect game where you have more skill involved where no one is slamming into a player trying to make a play.The guy making the play has his full witts about him where he knows he won't get nailed causing him to get psyched out and flub the play.The only barrier from baseball becoming the absolute perfect sport is umpires making bad calls.In this day and age of electronics,there is no longer a need for umpires.They should have 2 guys in a box above the stadium with a few t.v.monitors with up to date technology,sensors on all the bases,foul posts,gloves,strike zones etc.you name it.Then just have one ump on the field with radio contact with the guys in the booth.I think it's absolutely stupid not to use the technology available to do away with bad calls in sports.

Just think if tennis would have had simple line sensers put in place when Mac Enroe used to throw fits about line judges making bad calls.We would not have had to suffer through years of seeing a guy make a spoiled crying baby ass orifice out of himself.

In horse racing you don't have a steward standing at the finish line determining who won a race with snap judgement or calling for a enquiry from seeing a possible foul take place half a mile away.

[McRich]

Sports are very theatrical with a lot of drama and comedy. The playing surface is the stage and the players and officials are the actors. Players, managers, coaches and fans love to vent and yell at officials. Officials like to "act" with their exaggerated gestures. The confrontations and technicals with managers and coaches add to the drama. Having the officials participate helps entertain the crowds.

I have officiated over 1000 amateur games. It is truly amazing the amount of emotions that comes from players and fans during competition. I have been physically assaulted, threatened with a gun, verbally assaulted too many times to remember. Yet, I love to officiate. Almost every time a player lost control of their emotions and verbally assaulted me, they would come up to me the next week and whisper, "Hey man, sorry about last week". I always respond that I played the game and I understand.

I really respect officials in all sports. How many jobs let random people yell and scream every profane word at you and you have to just take it?

I think officials are some of the brightest and mentally tough people around.

So in closing, keep the umpires in baseball...they keep the game much more entertaining.

[bookie]

like being in bed with a woman with a room full of guys that are ready to hit you,throw a ball at you etc.Pretty hard to complete the deed that way.

Been there done that. It was a little weird, but you just focus and play to the whistle.

About umpires I totally agree that incorporating Qwestec (or whatever it's called) to call balls and strikes would improve the game. It's not an issue of doing away with umpires. Every other profession is more efficient and productive because it's workers are computer-aided. Umpires should have that too.

I think because replay in the football slows down the game we think it has to be that way, but if you went with a booth review system all the time managers now spend kicking dirt on umpires would be enough to get reviewed calls.

The biggest thing is that baseball would then finally have a consistent strike zone.