Once in a while, baseball fans are subject to moments that will change the game for ever. Recently, for better or worse, these fans have seen things that baseball's forefathers may have never dreamed of; Barry Bonds destroying the All-Time Home Run Record, the steroid scandal rocking the game to its core, a no hitter pitched by a cancer survivor, the list goes on.

Now, it seems, baseball fans will exhibit another change to the game; Instant Replay.

Baseball Officials have determined that human error, once considered to be a beautiful part of the game, is no longer going to be a factor in the game. Instant replay will now be used to determine "boundary home run calls".

It is with much displeasure that the staff here at 108 Red Stitches has come to accept the fact that technology has once again stuck its ugly head into America's Pastime.

We have only one comment to add, a suggestion per say. We're hoping that baseball puts more thought into the process and technology used to aid in the replays than they did when they began to install the QuesTec cameras throughout Major League Stadiums.

What do JFK's assasination, 9/11, Area 51, and Major League Baseball all have in common?

They're all ripe with conspiracy theories.

Up until last week, MLB was not technically on that list, but we'll prove otherwise.

ESPN keeps running highlights of what they call, a "bad week for umps". Was it really a bad week for umps? Or was a message sent from the commissioner's office to umpires, issuing an edict demanding that umpires around the league deliberately blow home run calls?

How often can one find this many bonehead calls in such a short time frame? Let's examine:

Yankees-Mets Series: Carlos Delgado hits a ball down the left field line for an apparent home run. Third base ump calls the ball foul, however. Instant replay shows that the ball, did in fact, hit (and left a mark) the foul poll. Should have been a home run, instead, its a foul ball.

A-Rod Home Run: Alex Rodriguez hits a fly ball to right center in Yankee Stadium. The ball ricochets off a yellow stair case in right field, bouncing back onto the field. Umpires signal a ground rule double, but instant replay shows otherwise.

Geovany Soto: got an inside-the-park three-run homer in the fourth inning despite replays showing that it should have been an automatic home run. The ball bounced just to the right of the yellow line on the wall in left-center field.

Ben Francisco: Umpires botched another home run call Friday when Damien Beal missed a ball hit by Cleveland's Ben Francisco that cleared the fence in the sixth inning. Television replays showed that Francisco's ball was clearly a home run. Instead of being a three-run shot that got the Indians within 12-9 to the Texas Rangers, it was ruled an RBI double.

These examples are just from one week of games. It just happens to be the same week that baseball announced it will try to implement instant replay in its Arizona Fall League.

Baseball purists are quivering at the thought of implementing machines to help determine the outcome of the nation's last pure sport. The NFL, NHL, and NBA have all taken to instant replay to review potentially blown calls, but baseball need not follow their lead.