If you watched last night’s Yankees – Oakland game, you saw what was a dreadful game for the home plate umpire. For both teams. Aaron Boone was actually ejected after watching Judge and then Gallo get called out on pitches that were each a few inches off the plate in the first 2 innings.

SU asks this question: does the home plate umpire go back and review the electronic record of his game after-the-fact and make adjustments? He missed almost every close call all game long – especially on the corners and on the low pitches. Look, everyone has a bad game – I suppose even umpires. The question is do they make an adjustment the next time they are calling balls and strikes? Or are they stubborn and keep to what they know?

The solution is simple: electronic umpiring. The ump would still be there to call any close plays at home plate during the game. And, by the way, SU’s theory, backed up by no data, is that umpires on any base are well below 50% in calling the close plays correctly. Not their fault – so many things to look at and now at 2nd base, you have the issue of the runner losing contact with the base for a milli-second and being called out as the fielder has his glove on the player throughout. It’s frustrating and not the reason for replay but it is what it is for now.

We have the review process and while that may take too long at times, it is a good system to get the close calls correct. Look at tennis now. In the majors, they are going to 100% electronic line calling and there is no room for questioning by the players. So much better. Plus how can a linesperson call a 135 mph serve down to the millimeter from 50 feet away? Baseball needs to change the system as soon as the technology is good enough.

The Yankees stole a win last night. Up 6-0 early, the game was tied up quickly and SU says these are the type of games that winning streaks usually end on. SU was not happy to see Voit on the bench again as he is the hottest hitter right now on the team – and in the AL. Rizzo broke a 2 for 31 slump with a double but Voit needs to play every day while he is hot. The reality in baseball is that players don’t stay hot for that long. Voit hasn’t started since last Saturday. Is the goal to cool him off? Is it more important to get Rizzo going at the expense of cooling off Voit? SU knows Oakland is a massive outfield and they don’t want to tire Stanton out. Fine. Then sit Rizzo once in a while as well. You play the hot hand until he’s no longer hot. You don’t freeze the player to cool him.

Kluber starting on Monday and Heaney goes to the bullpen. Kluber will be on a pitch count so that’s fine. Heaney can come in for him. Getting Kluber right for a post-season run is a good move. Gleyber Torres is starting a rehab assignment and that is a tougher choice for SU. He has really not been good for 2 seasons now and Velazquez is a major upgrade defensively at shortstop. Plus they are winning big with Velazquez. I would give Velazquez the starts as he is hitting and certainly bring him in for defense late in games if they go with Gleyber. But Boone will put Torres in and let him have his 50 at bats to try and get going. You don’t mess with karma – think this one through, Aaron.

Going into last night’s game, the Yankees had lost 21 of the last 28 games in Oakland. These games will not be easy. SU says they must go all out to win the division as a Wild Card game vs. Boston will be too stressful.

Finally, SU took in a Met game this week with long-time subscriber, E. Steele. I think Citi Field is a better venue than Yankee Stadium. Better food offerings/court, more open and a better setting. Yankee Stadium has good leg room at the seats (every important for SU) but the seats slope away from the field and the noise drifts upwards. The Mets have lost so many low scoring games by 1 run the last few weeks. 24,000 fans for a Giants game – not what you want. Clearly, the faithful are throwing in the towel. But they have a favorable schedule coming up and the NL East is not good. Make your run now and put some pressure on the Braves.