No games for three days ...

The schedule Gods
After an exciting opening weekend, which included games on Monday’s national holiday, the great schedule Gods took the air out of the sails by leaving the next three days open.
Three days with no baseball. It’s not the guys who come up with the ideas – theirs is to test the limits and failure is part of that process. But it’s the geniuses who look at painfully flawed schemes and OK them with ringing endorsements. They should always be held accountable.
So with fans all geared up for baseball, we have to wait until Friday to get the fix -- boosted by the start of Central League play. That means editors nationwide told writers to review the first three games. JBD, though, forges ahead by touching on two topics: A troubled ’Star and video replay.
A year after Yokohama BayStars ace Daisuke Miura shunned offers though free agency and stuck with the perennial losers, the right-hander got the news he will be shipped to the farm to start the season.
Miura was limited to four preseason innings and got knocked around pretty good, allowing 14 runs. He served up a whopping eight longballs and, honestly, a 10.80 ERA is not what the BayStars need when new rookie skipper -- and now-former pitching coach guru -- Takao Obana had in mind when he signed up to revamp the pitching staff.
Obana, who spent much of his time in the preseason with the pitchers, let his so-called pitching coach field questions about Miura.
“He’s not injured, but he hasn’t been ‘Miura,’” said Hiroki Nomura. “In the state he’s in now, I think he is also concerned.”
Concern over controversial home run calls was supposed to be over, but video replay got mixed reviews when it was used for the first time on Sunday at Tokyo Dome.
Terrmel Sledge of Yokohama hit a drive to center against the Yomiuri Giants that was ruled a double and umps used video review to overturn the call.
Even though the call went against his club, Giants skipper Tatsunori Hara said it was “it was extremely fair baseball.”
The crew chief, though, had a slightly -- different view.
“A view from another angle would have been helpful,” said crew chief Hitoshi Watarida.
What angle would be best for them to see they missed the call in live action?