In defense of expanded replay

— -- We're two and a half weeks into baseball's beloved new replay era, and here's my advice to those of you who are shouting about replay at the top of your lungs:

Settle down. Please.

We may not know yet where replay is going, but I'll tell you what it's not:

It's not a "disaster." It's not "a complete mess." It's not "ludicrous." It's not "a complete failure." It's not impossible "to have any faith in the system."

I've seen all those characterizations streaking across the Internet sky over the past week. I disagree with every one of them.

There's really only one thing that this replay system is not, at this point:

It's not perfect.

What a shock.