Paul T. Ferrer, Minot

This MLB post-season has been a nightmare of missed calls and calls that were flat wrong. It is time to allow instant replay to assist in those situations where a call is questionable.

The anti-replay argument is that it would slow the game down too much. Baseball is a slow game anyway the only professional game that has no clock. The number of questioned calls are really few. The point of the replay should be to get the call right.

All reviews would originate with a "replay umpire" in a booth in the press box who has radio contact with the on-field crew chief. He (or she) would automatically review close plays and render judgment on his own initiative.

Calls eligible for review would be: foul/fair, safe/out, home run or not, fan interference. Excluded would be balls and strikes calls. "Challenges" from the bench/dugouts would not be allowed.

With all the different television angles available, it should not take more than a minute or so to make a determination. The crew chief on the field would be advised by radio if a call was undergoing review. There would be no need for a field umpire to have to leave the field to go to a review station.

I believe that delays would be minimal and no significant lengthening of the game would occur.