New Bench Press Max

Today should have been a rest day. I should have taken the day off because I was tired, I was sore, and it was day 4 in a row, but I didn't. Instead I went to CFM and I tore up the WOD, here it is:

Bench Press
find your 1 RM
then

4 rounds for time
4 muscle ups
15 push press, 95/65 pounds
50 unbroken squats
*sub in 12 pull ups and 12 dips for muscle ups

Bench Press - I lifted 210# fairly easily, I might have been able to get 215, but I'm happy at 210. On 5/20 when I first "maxed" I pressed 155# but then went on to do 5 reps at 150# so it seems like my max on that day was slightly off. Regardless 210# is definitely a new PR.

I cannot do muscle ups. With the way things are right now, I wonder if I will ever be able to do muscle ups, I mean I can't do a pull up, or a ring dip without bands but we will see I will keep working hard, and one day I may just do a muscle up. needless to say I subbed in Pull ups with a 2 inch band and ring dips with a 3 inch band for the workout. I push pressed the RX weight and did the 50 squats unbroken in each of the 4 rounds.

Final time for the WOD: 19:02, I was happy with this, a month ago I probably would not have been able to finish this.

MLB
In regards to what happened yesterday in the Indians v. Tigers game, I am glad that Commisiner Selig did not chose to over rule Jim Joyce's call. It is sad that Galarraga didn't get his prefect game, but like Selig said the precedent that would be set by overruling this call would completely change the game of baseball as we know it. I know Selig said that he was going to look into MLB's umpire policies in regards to instant replay but I really do hope that he does not force it into the game.

Appalling

Did anyone else see this call in the Indians vs Tigers game? As an umpire I feel bad for Jim Joyce. He knew that he blew this call the moment that he made it, even if he wont admit it. It's unfortunate that this had to happen to rob Armando Galarraga of the perfect game but it is baseball and no one is perfect. I am not going to say that instant replay needs to be instituted, this is a call that is gotten right 99.999% of the time. It is a routine play. Could instant replay have helped Armando? Of course, but if we start to institute instant replay into major league baseball and more than it already is our games are going to go on forever. MLB games already take way to long, most taking 3+ hours add instant replay and they will just take longer. Not only that, but where do we draw the line? When do we go to instant replay? Almost every play in baseball is a close play we could potentially go to instant replay every 2 minutes, what about balls and strikes? Baseball has too many judgement calls that must be made in a split second for it to go to instant replay.

Umpire judgement, good or bad, is part of the game. Let's keep it that way.