Time For MLB To Use Instant Replay

Robinson Cano CLEARLY tags Omar Infante out

    Winds of change may be blowing in the world of Major League Baseball...or at least you would hope so after yet another awful call on base during game 2 of the ALCS between the Yankees and Tigers. This certainly isn't the first time an umpire has made an awful call on base, it's just the most recent.
    For those of you who didn't see the play, Tigers 2nd baseman Omar Infante was on first base when outfielder Austin Jackson got a base hit to right field. Yankees outfielder Nick Swisher fielded it cleanly and threw to second base to try and cut off Infante, who'd strayed a little too far while considering going from first to third base. Swisher's throw beat him by a mile, and Robinson Cano tagged him on the chest.
    Easy call to make, right? He should've been called out, but second base umpire Jeff Nelson called him safe. woops. To his credit though, Nelson admitted it was the wrong call after the game. No, I don't think it directly changed the outcome of the game, but you've got to wonder when a call like this will change the outcome of a game and how much longer the MLB will refuse to implement a bigger usage of instant replay, at least in the playoffs anyway.
    Yeah sure, there is instant replay on home runs and foul balls...but that's it. It's baffling to me why the MLB won't implement instant replay on other plays in the game, such as base calls, to try and avoid (or at least correct) blatantly bad calls like the one we saw on Sunday.
    The sport's reasoning for not wanting instant replay is honestly idiotic. There are worries that it might slow down the pace of the game. Is this a joke? Baseball still has a 7th inning stretch. Batters leave the box to adjust their gloves and take a look around the field between every pitch. Don't argue that it'll ruin the pace of the game. Baseball is already the slowest game there is.
    Another reason is the MLB doesn't want to take out the "human element" of the game. Time and time again it's been proven that the human element (at least with the umpires) stinks. Leave the human element part to the players. These umpires need help to improve play calling. Blatantly bad calls leave fans unhappy, and usually lead to manager's getting tossed from the game. By the way, the argument a manager has with an umpire before they are thrown out takes longer than looking at a replay would. Do the math.
    Our nation's pastime needs to stop living in the past, and get with the current times. It's like people nowadays who refuse to get a cell phone or use the internet. The technology is available, not using it and utilizing it is not just moronic, but also a waste. This is one of the reasons that baseball is losing more and more younger fans each year, and why it's looked at as the Grandpa of the sports world.
    Every other major sport has some form of instant replay that they can use to make sure a call is correct. The NFL has it, both the NBA and NHL have it, even tennis has instant replay. All the MLB is doing by not using instant replay is making themselves look foolish. It will probably take something like a blown call in a World Series game to ever make any sort of change. I hope that won't have to be the tipping point, but it doesn't look like the MLB is going to budge on this issue anytime soon.