[JBird]

Instant replay would ruin baseballs purity. I agree with Angels manager mike scoscia, in that replay could be used to judge a fair or foul homerun, or to rule on fan interference...

as far as the play, as a whitesox fan of course i will take it. a win is a win, and umpiring (close calls) has always been a part of this game.

AJ had a similiar play in the 2nd inning, when garret anderson had apparently struck out, so AJ threw it to third for around the horn...turns out he had foul tipped it. the point is that josh paul has to know better and tag Pierzynski out. if he tags him, this would not be an issue right now. it was very bush league of him to just assume that he caught it, it was VERY close...so he should know better that you tag the batter out just to be sure. contraversy on this play is a non issue as far as im concerned.

as johnny damon says, to win in the playoffs takes pitching, defense, timely hitting...and luck. sox definitely got a break here, lets see what we can do with it.