I'd have to say that I agree with people who say that it's best to get the play right, so I'm glad that baseball has added replay.

It does present a bit of a problem though, because if you allow if for every single play then games could last for hours upon hours. So baseball has decided to limit the types of plays that they will allow it on. I think putting limits on it is probably the best idea, but you never know what play is going to turn a game around.

So why not treat replay the same way the they treat timeouts in other sports? Allow each team a specified number of appeals per game. Obviously managers would have to be somewhat judicious in the way that they use them, but managing has been evolving since the creation of the game, that would just be another step, right?

What do you think, is that the right way to use replay?

I could use some help guys. I have this picture here...

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Second from the left is my grandmother, and the person on the far right is my grandfather... they are playing cards with some friends outside of Wrigley Field prior to game four of the 1945 World Series.

The picture was in the Chicago Sun on October 7th, 8th, 9th or 10th in 1945... all my dad has is one copy of it that they clipped out of the paper. Obviously after 60 plus years it's not in the best shape. I was thinking that for his birthday this summer I would try to track down an original.

Does anyone have any idea where I would start?

It's time to reflect on another positive that the end of the season brings...

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What is it with all of the middle age players this year?

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