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<\/a>Lights<\/em>–and sometimes they build tension and effectively move the story forward\u00e2\u20ac\u201dlike the growing violent streak in Michael during season four of The Wire.<\/em><\/p>\nFor better or worse, the playoffs of any sport are the equivalent of a theatrical mini-series.\u00c2\u00a0 They come with their own stars, their own dramatic moments, and their own theme song.\u00c2\u00a0 Baseball is no exception.<\/p>\n
While the sports pages have already hosted exhilarating games and moments\u00e2\u20ac\u201dRoy Halladay\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s no hitter, a two-hit, 14 strikeout shutout authored by the kid from Dazed and Confused<\/em><\/span> Tim Lincecum, two come from behind wins in Minnesota, and an eleventh-inning Rick Ankiel sighting in San Francisco\u00e2\u20ac\u201dwe\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve also got some serious tension and drama boiling just underneath the surface.<\/p>\n Without further ado, let\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s take a look at two of the most worrying subplots of the 2010 postseason.<\/p>\n 1.\u00c2\u00a0 Instant Replay vs. Baseball \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Traditionalists\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/strong><\/p>\n By baseball \u00e2\u20ac\u0153traditionalists,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d I mean old men in overpriced suits who speak longingly about the good old days when segregation was a reality, players were treated as indentured servants, tickets cost a nickel, and sportswriters ate and partied with the players.\u00c2\u00a0 These people are the major obstacle to the expanded use of instant replay in baseball.<\/p>\n Less than a week into the playoffs, how many calls have we seen umpires unequivocally blown?<\/p>\n Today\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s technology provides us with such clarity of video that I feel like I could reach out and pluck the toothpick from Dusty Baker\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s mouth.\u00c2\u00a0 At this point, entire seasons should not be decided by an officiating error.<\/p>\n As for the instant replay will extend the time of the games <\/em>argument, I say: really<\/em>?\u00c2\u00a0 Every time an umpire makes a borderline call, a player a Isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t the time of the game extended whenever a Lou Piniella wannabe tosses his hat to the ground, covers home plate with a mound of dirt, and throws first base into right field?\u00c2\u00a0 The only difference is, with instant replay we would wind up with the right call.<\/p>\n 2.\u00c2\u00a0 TBS vs. Baseball<\/strong><\/p>\n Have you watched this debacle?\u00c2\u00a0 The graphic displaying the count, number of outs, position of base runners, and score of the game is huge.\u00c2\u00a0 Michael Clarke Duncan huge.\u00c2\u00a0 The new PitchTrax, which attempts to digitally show the location of every pitch, effectively covers up much of the right hand portion of the screen.\u00c2\u00a0 To make matters worse, it then doubles in size in an attempt to show where the pitch crossed in relation to the width of home plate.<\/p>\n<\/a>rgues the call; the manager waddles from the dugout to intervene, he jaws with the umpire, and lets loose some magical string of swears leading to his ejection.\u00c2\u00a0 He then remains on the field to give the umpire a final piece of his mind.<\/p>\n