Refs, officials and umps oh my!

There has been an uproar lately on the mistakes made by the guys who enofrce the laws in the land of sports.

It's been a busy couple weeks in sports and fans and announcers alike have expressed their disbelief in questionable calls made on the fields lately.

Just last night in the NLDS game between the phillies and Rockies had two questionable calls in one play. It seemed that a foul ball hit by Chase Utley from the Phillies ricocheted off his leg, but the play remained live. He then ran to first base where a bang-bang play resulted in him being called safe even though replays showed that he was probably out.

There was also a call in the ALCS involving the Yankees and Twins where a clear fair ball was called foul.

NFL officials have kept out of the limelight for a while, but in tonights Monday Night Football game, there was a questionable pass interference call made. Not to mention the ticky-tack call made on quarterbacks now.

As far as the NBA, they've had so many questionable calls over the years that we've accepted it and say that it's a 'veteran call.' Bad calls in the NBA have become a fixture in the game and no one really makes tha big of a deal anymore.

Human error is an element of the game and although to some it's hard to swallow, it's true.

What will this lead to? Well as scary as it sounds, little-by-little where relying more on technology. How long until we have robotic officials doing games? Think about it; an umpire replaced by a new-age technological robot who has a direct calculation of the location of the pitches. It could very much happen and although sounds impossible right now, it could be an option in the future.