This week we asked our writers: What can be done to improve the umpiring in baseball? This year there have been some amazingly bad calls. Patrick Gunn created a quick list with examples: Michael Conforto’s walk-off “hit by pitch” (when he leaned in on a strike) Alec Bohm getting called safe at home when he appeared to have not touched home plate This call saying McCutchen was out of the baseline: https://twitter.com/MLBONFOX/status/1388653535089340421?s=20) The Judge out on t

A Simple Way to Get Calls Right and Speed Up the Game By Paul Semendinger, Ed.D. This article was written for the IBWAA and was printed in the IBWAA Newsletter (Here’s The Pitch. *** I have never been against instant replay in sports. The ultimate goal should be to get the calls correct. It was a shame that Armando Galarraga lost a perfect game on a clearly missed call. It was terrible that the Cardinals probably lost a World Series in 1985 for the same reason. I might even s