Here we are in the middle of the second season of baseball— the playoffs.

We have players that are paid multimillions because of years of experience and tons of talent. And we have the “best” umps in the league.

Not only have we seen basic physical and a ton of mental errors by the players, we have seen umps that are inconsistent with their own strike zones, don’t know the rules, are missing calls on the bases, etc. These are the best umps?

If the game today has its own strike zone, “in the neighborhood” calls at second, etc., why doesn’t MLB change the rule book and really play to the rules?

It’s time for technology to call the strikes and to make the calls on the bases. The umps have probably decided games this year and maybe the World Series winner this year by their poor calls.

It’s also time to “pay for performance,” at least in the playoffs. Players would be paid for good on-base percentage and batting average, RBIs, ERA, and fielding percentages, by game and series.

If this is our national past-time, it needs to get up to date.

Bob Plezia

Williamsville