Welcome to Saturday Scorecard. In the spirit of spring, we promise to keep things light and breezy today.

Let's get to it...

About last night: Plenty of Brewers fans -- not to mention players, coaches and broadcasters -- think the team got hosed last night when umpire Brian Gorman ruled that Tony Clark's slicing line drive was fair.

The replays we've seen at Saturday Scorecard headquarters were not completely conclusive, but fans who focus on that call -- damaging though it was -- are largely ignoring the two-out walks and offensive shortcomings that contributed to the defeat.

Before anyone says -- "What if the Brewers lose a playoff spot by one game?" -- we can assure you that there will be at least 40 other "what-if's" during the course of the season. Obsessing about one on May 1 isn't really worth the energy.

Let's go to the tape? Plays like the one Friday night always rekindle the debate about whether umpires should use instant replay to get calls correct. For home runs, it's OK. For other plays, however, going into the peep show booth to look at replays would just add to frustration, confusion and the time of game. One of the big headaches -- where do you put the baserunners when a call is overturned due to replay?

A matter of perspective: Odious though it may be, the question of "fair or foul" is more palatable these days than "Will Brett play for the Vikings?"

A matter of perspective, Part 2: Remember when Jeff Suppan was a bad guy, the Brewers bullpen was hopeless and fans were questioning the acumen of "new" pitching coach Billy Castro? It's almost a relief to have the first month of the season out of the way. Now, if only J.J. Hardy would start hitting....

Great debate: A topic on the "Brewers Live" pregame show on Fox Sports Wisconsin this week asked "What is a lost art in baseball."

There are dozens of candidates, but the stolen base tops our list. We're going to be talking about it a lot when Rickey Henderson goes into the Hall of Fame this summer. His modern records -- 1,406 career steals and 130 in the 1982 season alone -- seem as untouchable as Joe DiMaggio's 56-game hitting streak and Cal Ripken's consecutive game's streak.

Take a look at this list of the top 100 base-stealers of all-time.

Only three active players are on the list and if you add the totals of Juan Pierre (55th), Omar Vizquel (75th) and Johnny Damon (92nd), they are still 226 short of Henderson's mark.

You can't tell me today's speedsters -- Michael Bourne, Nyjer Morgan and Willy Taveras -- are that much slower than Henderson, Tim Raines, Lou Brock or Maury Wills. Yes, the stolen base was de-emphasized in the steroid / "Moneyball" era, but it could make a comeback. In order for that to happen, players and coaches will have to get back to basics. Too many players are afraid to get picked off and too worried about hitting to study pitcher's deliveries.

It's a risky play, sure, but it can be an effective weapon. Watch New York shortstop Jose Reyes get on base in the late innings of a close game. Pitchers get nervous. Pitches rise in the strike zone. It adds to the excitement.

Ask many fans to name the most exciting play in the game and they will reply: a triple. What about the steal of home?

Just checking: Is anyone else bummed that the next NFL Draft is a year away. (Sorry, the sarcasm font isn't working or that would have been funnier).

Destination TV: If the sports gods are smiling on us today, Game 7 of the Bulls-Celtics series will be as riveting as the rest of the series. The cynic in us thinks it will be a blowout, though. That series has done a lot to restore interest in the NBA.

Golf scoop: Madison golf icon Andy North said this week that Jerry Kelly has decided to forgo the British Open in favor of the U.S. Bank Championship. North, by the way, is sponsoring a terrific golf weekend in June at Trappers Turn. The website is andynorthandfriends.com.

On the shelf: Unless you are a hardcore minor-league fan, you probably hadn't heard of Brewers pitching prospect Pedro Lambertus until this week, when he was suspended 50 games for testing positive for metabolites of Boldenone, an anabolic steroid developed for veterinary use.

Larry King Lounge: We liked Dunkirk to win the Kentucky Derby even before favorite I Want Revenge was scratched due to an ankle injury. We like the pick even more now.... The Milwaukee Iron lost to regional rival Green Bay, 56-28, on Friday night at the Bradley Center and is now 1-4.... The carnage in the newspaper industry continues. Good friend Tony Jackson, one of the hardest working writers in baseball, was downsized by the Los Angeles Daily News. The traveling contingent of the Dodgers beat, once covered by nine daily newspapers, is now down to a writer from the Los Angeles Times and a representative from MLB.com. The Baltimore Sun released several from the shrinking sports department, informing some of their fate in the press box in the middle of a game. Times are tough all over, but the news from the newspaper industry keeps getting worse.... The Admirals face what amounts to a must-win game tonight at the Bradley Center. You can't go down, 2-0, in a best-of-seven series when Games 3-4-5 are on the road.