WELL, AT LEAST HE MADE THE RIGHT CALL

He's in position, he has his eyes open, he doesn't anticipate the call, and he makes it right. The base runner slides home safely. So what's so hard about it anyhow? (Actually, he should have taken off his mask for a better view.)

Last night I was watching the Suns play offense. Since they play relatively no defense, there's no use in saying I watched them play basketball, because defense is still half the game. But that's an anomaly to them.

I usually watch about 5 minutes, get disgusted at the matador defense and switch channels. Last evening, I didn't make it through 3 minutes. In the most flagrant walk that I've seen since our 4th grade daughter swiped the ball at half court from a much older and bigger sixth grader and proceeded to run rather than dribble with the basketball, this player was not penalized by the 3 officials. That's right, the NBA uses 3, and they still can't get it right.

What angered me even more is that the tv station replayed the obvious travel that wasn't called, and even the Phoenix announcers didn't complain. No mention.

Click.

While most of the time I can accept a less than stellar performance by players, I really have trouble with most officials. I know they're going to be screened on some plays. I know they play at such a fast pace. I know many instant replays show they, indeed made the correct call. But they still make way too many mistakes.

And nearly all the calls hurt my teams. At least it seems that way. And when they benefit my teams (the no-call on the Rodgers' facemask in the Cardinals overtime win, for instance) I have a short memory.