Welcome to The Monday 9, our new weekly lineup of Things You Need to Know in baseball. The MLB season is a marathon, so get caught up each Monday morning right here at Yahoo Sports.
Leading off: Why do we even have that replay option?
On Sunday night, the Phillies beat the Braves because the home plate umpire called Alec Bohm safe even though it looked like he might have missed tagging the plate altogether.
An umpire’s job is to make a call quickly and with conviction.