Wray Morrison: What’s the holdup?

It has been a terrific World Series, but last night’s sixth game also fuelled an already-vigorous debate about technology, umpires, the pace of the game, and the need to “get calls right.”

In the seventh inning, Washington’s Trea Turner was called out for interfering with Houston first baseman Yuli Gurriel as Gurriel tried to catch a throw to get Turner out.

At the end of the game, Major League Baseball’s chief baseball officer, Joe Torre, said it’s a judgment call, and is not reviewable.

That’s OK, but why did the umpires spend several minutes on headsets getting someone in New York to look at the video again? If it’s a judgment call, then the judgment has to be made live, not after a review in consultation with someone else.

By the way, last night’s game lasted three hours 37 minutes. That’s too long.

This is one of many issues that Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred, and the owners, will have to deal with during the off-season.