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The White Sox beat the Angels last night due to a disputed call at home. From Yahoo:

In a sequence as bizarre as any imaginable on a baseball field, A.J. Pierzynski struck out swinging against Angels reliever Kelvim Escobar, appearing to end the bottom of the ninth inning with the score tied at 1.

Escobar’s low pitch was gloved by backup catcher Josh Paul — he appeared to grab it just before the ball would have hit the dirt. And behind him, Eddings clearly raised his right arm and closed his first, signaling strike three.

Pierzynski hustled and took off for first base anyway, just in case. Sure the inning was over, Paul rolled the ball out to the mound with the Angels already coming off the field, so Pierzynski was easily safe.

Then everybody stopped, including the umpires. When they let Pierzynski stay at first, Los Angeles manager Mike Scioscia came out of the dugout to argue.

So this morning, my favorite friendly panhandler asked me: “Do you think they should have replay in baseball?”

That got me thinking: hmm. Maybe it’s a good idea to have it in the playoffs. Not for every play, mind you, but maybe it would be a good thing to have on scoring plays during the playoffs. It could be implemented like in football, where there are only a certain number of times a manager could ask for a review.

I know that baseball purists will be quick to disagree, but this is getting ridiculous. There are so many bad calls that change the outcome of playoff games that something needs to change.