Is it about time, or not?

So it’s about time, or is it? Major League Baseball is finally considering to put the instant replay into their league. In doing this they could change key calls like the one this year that decided who got the last playoff spot in the National League. The game was between the San Diego Padres and the Colorado Rockies. There was a questionable call at the end of the game when there was a play at the plate and the player clearly didn’t touch the plate but was called safe. They showed this replay multiple times and the more we saw it the more we realized that there was no way that he was safe and the more we realized how much of a mistake the umpire made. Adding the instant replay is a huge controversy and I personally am against adding it, for many reasons. The main reason is it would take away from what baseball really is, which is a judgment game and it is all about instinct. If they were too add this it would take away from having to have umpires because you could basically just say let’s let the play happen and then we will look at the video to see of he was out or not. Also, how would they decide when they could challenge? Would there be an additional umpire added just for instant replay because there is so much time in between plays that the coaches would have so much time to decide if they would want to challenge it or not. Also, how would they be told to challenge it? Would they put TV’s on the bench or would someone watching the game in the clubhouse have to come tell them. I think this would change the game of baseball way too much and it should not be added to the game of baseball.

Running up the score

According to http://espn.go.com the Kansas Jay Hawks won their football game 76-39, which is an absolute shootout. You don’t see that score everyday around the college football world. I think the last time that I saw a college football team score seventy points in one game was when the USC Trojans scored something like 72 points back when they one the national title in 2005. When should a team stop scoring so many points in a football game because in my opinion seventy points in one game is a little too much considering the fact that their opposing team had only scored 39. So, is the coach at fault here for running up the score a little too much or is the players fault. Maybe they didn’t try too run up the score that high and the fact that they are so good, because they are undefeated, they just tried not to score and did anyways. No one may never really know the reason besides the players and coaching staff of the team. But personally I think that the only person at fault here is the head coach himself. He has complete control of what happens in the game as far as his players go. I think that once you are by three or four scores you should slow down the pace of the game and start to run the ball instead of throwing the ball when you know you are about to win. If you score by just straight up running the ball just to milk the clock then so be it. But if you score more points just because you are passing the ball and you want to then I think that is totally wrong. So all in all yes there is a point when college football teams should stop running up the score because it will always come back to bite you if you don’t.