The Offseason

 

The latest session of my baseball class ended on a high note.  We celebrated the unsung role of hard working umpires, even as we looked forward to the arrival of limited use of A.I. in calling balls and strikes. It was hailed as another step in the quest for "making the right call."

Yet, I hope we're not giving up too much in the name of certainty. Is the game a problem to be solved? Isn't that how we've been left with too many strikeouts, walks, and the swing for the homerun?

Let's not cast aside the mysterious value of human error, for it can foster the excitement of the bunt, the pickoff play, the stolen base and the delicious suicide squeeze.

Important? Or, just the musing of a fan on a cold winter's day.