A-Rod Continues Umpiring Controversy (By Allowing Umps to Get One Right)

Alex Rodriguez was the subject of the first replay review over a home run in Major League Baseball, and last night, he was the subject of the first replay review in World Series history.By hammering a ball to right field that hit a FOX camera, A-Rod once more became an unwitting pioneer in the use of instant replay. The trick, in a game played on Halloween night, was that he treated the officials to a rare opportunity this postseason to get a call right. Sort of.Phillies fans will surely scream of the injustice that was done when umpires reversed their initial call, giving Rodriguez and the Yankees a two-run homer that cut the lead to 3-2. But in the end, it was the right call.As crew chief Gerry Davis later explained, the umpires survey the field every time they go to a new ballpark, and during their tour of Citizens Bank Park, they determined that any ball that hit the camera over the outfield fence would be called a home run.“Because we cannot control what the cameram...