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I used to think there was a definitive answer to all umpire rulings. Was it a catch or wasn't it?

What I came to realize over time was that there will always be times when players make mistakes, and there will always be times when umpires make mistakes. It's all part of the game.

Humans fail. It's the hardest part of the game to come to terms with. There are times when you'll feel that you or your team were robbed. At times you'll be right, recognizing that at times the team you're playing will also be robbed.

Sports are a good place to develop character. As in all walks of life, things will sometimes not be fair. Understanding this and dealing with it builds character, and that's not only the hardest play to make in sports, it's the hardest play to make in life.

You can't take the human error factor our of your teams play. As I've grown older, I have come to the point that I don't think you should attempt to remove the human factor from the officiating either.

I'm sure I'll get a lot of flack for holding this view. There are certainly reasons to disagree.

No flak from me.

It's a game played by humans officiated by humans.

Let it stay that way. I'll look for technological improvements elsewhere.

Just say NO! to instant replay. In any sport.

"You can't take the human error factor our of your teams play. As I've grown older, I have come to the point that I don't think you should attempt to remove the human factor from the officiating either.

I'm sure I'll get a lot of flack for holding this view. There are certainly reasons to disagree."

This is a good post. I agree. Teaching young people to accept rulings or how the ball bounces is part of life. That's why baseball is the purest sport, team sport that is. Golf is probably more pure.

I think the umpires today do a great job. What I hate are these instant replays where they slow down the action to frame by frame. Why not judge the reply and normal speed, the same that the referees see it at. Then you would reverse only the obvious missed calls.