Get it right

OF COURSE. The postseason is what everyone plays for and watches for all season long, so MLB should want to get it right. The real question is will the old-timers in the front offices admit that change is good and allow instant reply? Time marches on, things advance -- and you either keep up or die off. Tradition is great, and there is a lot of tradition in baseball. But MLB has to keep up with the times if it wants to remain America's pastime, or time will pass MLB by.

Bret Rasmussen

Pleasanton

'Human element'

NO. AS A fan of baseball for almost 40 years, I think the one thing that sets baseball aside is the "human element." Players are human, umpires are human and mistakes will be made. A true champion overcomes the bad breaks and finds a way to win. In addition, if you think people are turned off by long, boring games now, just go ahead and introduce instant replay. MLB will lose the rest of its "fringe" fans.

Will McDonald

Alamo

Love nuance

NO. There will always be controversial or "bad" calls, and instant replay won't change that. Baseball is a game of nuances, subtleties and close plays -- that's part of what makes it so fun. Instant replay would diminish the game.

Andy Spafford

Fremont

Give it a try

IDON'T SEE anything wrong with trying instant replay in postseason games. The game moves very fast, as everyone knows. The bad call in Game 2 of the ALCS is proof positive. The Angels took a dive after that, but no one knew that at the time. I say give it a try. One bad call that's allowed to stand could have serious impact in a playoff series.

Phelps Euler

Manteca

More humility needed

NO. FOR THE most part, major league umpires are the best in sports, better trained than any other officials in any pro sport. Sure they get things wrong, but I think if you look at their statistics, they are really good. What the umpires need is more humility and maybe not take the game personally, and be more professional. In life we tell our children to take responsibility and admit to their mistakes and move on. Umpires often cannot, they haven't learned that lesson yet. Adding instant reply would only corrupt the beauty of the game.

Rudy Jaramillo

Tempe, Ariz.

No place for it

INSTANT REPLAY has no place in professional baseball. After 120 years, it's amazing that people want to change the rules and stop relying on the human aspect of the game. Baseball is unique among pro sports: the action is focused on the guy with the ball or the bat, not an entire playing field at once. More than that, plays occur between just two players 99.99 percent of the time. If we can't expect umpires to watch singular plays and make the best possible call, we might as well use ESPN's K-Zone to call balls and strikes from now on.

Matt Pieraldi

San Jose

Humans make mistakes

YES. HOW MANY of us have seen that call that just outraged us. Look, these umps are human and will make human mistakes. Give them the break they need. The NFL has struggled with this but seems to have worked out the kinks. Why not baseball?

James Kuenzi

San Leandro

Marching onward

USE INSTANT REPLAY in baseball, at least during the playoffs. If we have the technology, let's use it. If you have a shovel, do you still use your hands to dig for gold? Of course not. Let's prevent more mistakes and bad calls from happening.

Jason Litteral

Castro Valley

Why it's needed

WHEN UMP Doug Eddings gave the world his excuse of the "ball changing directions" and "I didn't have him catching the ball," I wonder how many actually bought his answers. His two different hand signals -- (1) fingers pointing out as if it was a strike, and (2) his fist clenched in a "out" signal -- were seen by all. His reasoning was lame and another reason for instant replay.

Jerry Kelly

San Lorenzo

Too many problems

NO. Problems would arise as to when it could be used, who could request its use, and how often it could be used. It would only encourage players and managers to get into more rhubarbs than they already do.

Tom Ryugo

San Francisco

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We deserve it

IT'S A MUST in any sport. We as fans deserve to enjoy the game, so when an official makes the wrong call, while millions of people see something else, then something must be done. Humans make mistakes, that's why we rely on technology (instant replay) to correct our mistake. Who cares if it delays the game. It only takes a couple of minutes.

Theody Virrey

Hayward

Move into reality

FOR THE PLAYOFFS? Absolutely! Get Selig's head out of the 19th Century and into reality. It's just human nature for umpires to make mistakes in judgment depending on their position. Let's get the call right for crying out loud! But you know it won't happen.