Instant Replay in Baseball

[Fuhgeddaboudit]

http://www.latimes.com/sports/sports...#axzz2qgKOttSk
 

 
 
The long-awaited expansion of baseball's instant replay system has become a reality. 
Major League Baseball announced Thursday that owners voted unanimously to subject most calls to instant replay, starting this year, after securing approval from unions representing players and umpires. 

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Calls subject to review include home runs, ground-rule doubles, fan interference, force plays -- except for touching second base on a double play, the so-called neighborhood rule -- tag plays, fly balls ruled fair, foul or trapped balls, whether a runner left a base too early or passed another runner, and whether a batter was hit by a pitch.
 

 

 

[NV]

Whether a batter was hit by a pitch interesting. 

 

[snipezo]

Finally

 

[WHO-DEY-BENGALS_18]

It might slow down what already is a slow game but as long as they get the calls right, that's all I care about.. 

 

[Teagz]

4 years too late. I'm still not over this.
 

 

[Pugz]

4 years too late. I'm still not over this.
 

bleh

 

[WHO-DEY-BENGALS_18]

 

[NV]

Became more famous as the Not-Perfect Game honestly. 

 

[footballplaya52]

what a disgrace that was. whats more annoying is the league is so afraid to change shit they know is wrong. its not like the outcome would have changed.

 

[H-MYK]

About damn time. I don't get why it has taken this long.

 

[Lake Louise]

Should've been done a long time ago, but it's nice to see baseball isn't living in the past, and catching up with the other sports, in the replay aspect. I don't care about if it slows down the game, because I'm fine with watching longer games, and I doubt it will make the game that significantly longer. I could be wrong, it could add 30 minutes to an hour, each game will be different with the plays and all.

 

[RipCity32]

If they do it right it wouldn't take more than a minute to correct a call. Have someone watching the replays of the game, and when a call is disputed, have them talk to the ump via an ear-piece on what the right call is. Simple.
 
If the call is that close, then have the umps gather and watch it together. Really only need one guy otherwise. 

 

[Lake Louise]

I mean replays now, don't take that long to figure things out. Depending on the situation, sometimes it can take a long time, but that tends to include skippers arguing the calls. It shouldn't be much different, just more things to review. Might even be quicker, than the current process.