Phil, you beat me to it, and you are so right. There’s no excuse for being so incredibly loosey-goosey about a matter that can affect the outcome of a game, and may have last night.

Of course, I feel the same way about the baseball strike zone.

You can have the games look the same for the traditionalists — guys holding sticks on the sidelines (necessary for the players anyway) and umps crouching behind home plate, while actually getting the calls right.