For those of us who have spent far too much time watching the baseball playoffs, there has been a running theme throughout: poor umpiring. This became abundantly clear during Game 4 of the ALCS on Tuesday.

There are three calls that stand out.

First is Nick Swisher being picked off at 2nd base. In real time, it was clear he was out. In slow motion, it seemed like he was out by a good 40 feet. Now, as a Yankee fan, I didn't mind this call, as the calls always seem to go both ways in a game. But not 5 minutes later, fate swung back around and evened things out. Swisher was called for leaving the 3rd base too early on a fly ball to center field. Replays showed he was still clearly on the bag when the ball was caught, and that 3rd Base Umpire and Crew Chief Tim McClelland was clearly not watching Swisher on 3rd, but the ball in the outfield.

However these calls were a warm-up to McClelland's masterpiece. With Robinson Cano on 2nd, and Jorge Posada on 3rd, Nick Swisher hit a bouncer back to the pitcher. Posada was frozen between home and third, and Cano took off for third. Posada retreated to third with catcher Mike Napoli in pursuit. Napoli sees that neither Posada nor Cano are on the bag, and quickly tags both for what should have been an inning ending double play. Instead, McClelland ruled Posada was out, and Cano was safe, making it first and third with two outs. It was at this exact moment that it hit me. Within the next two years, if not sooner, baseball is going to have reviewable plays.

Baseball is an old fashioned game, and has always attempted to stay true to its roots. But after watching blown call after blown call, it is time for a change. Had their been replay last night, Swisher is out at second, and the missed call on the tag-up never happens. The Angels also get out of the inning faster, and a inning ending double play swings some momentum back to LA.

In the end, all of the blown calls last night had no ill-effect other than making an 26-year umpiring veteran look foolish. I am sure McClelland feels horrible, but there are better solutions in today's day and age. When 40,000 Angels fans can react and boo to the replay they see on video monitors around the stadium, then the umpires should be allowed to look at the video as well.

The question is how does this happen? Do we have challenges like in the NFL, or an extra umpire in the umpires office watching live video of close plays making sure the call was right? Is instant replay even a viable idea for a Major League Baseball game, or do we only bring it out in the postseason? I want to know, how would you fix baseball?