Before I begin my rant, I would like to state the obvious that umpiring is a very demanding and difficult job. I'd also like to request no "well why don't you do it tough guy" remarks in my direction. I'm too lazy to respond to those... the umpiring so far in these playoffs have been disappointing to say the least. Playoffs mean the players need to be at their best performance. This should also stand true for the umpires. In the playoffs, the umpires performance is at an all time high in importance as one call could change the entire game between too very well near equally matched teams. A poor game by these grown men is not fair to the players whom some won't ever play a game again. I don't know what the solution is but these players deserve more! It's sad.