Will instant replay in baseball work?

2008-09-10T07:12:44-04:00

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2008-08-27T14:35:05-04:00

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Slacker_13

Beverly Hills 66937

They want it up and running for the playoffs, and they need some time to see how it works out. I hope they eventually go to the NHL way - keep the umps on the field, have someone off the field in some booth make the decision if the field umps decide it's needed. Replays will delay the game. Not having replays will also delay the games as players and managers run out on the field to complain. Shorten the delay, keep the umps on the field and players in their dugouts, and get the calls right!!! 2602981

2008-08-27T13:02:07-04:00

Brian00001

Austin 472150

I'm fine with its use in very limited circumstances. I think they've got it about right at this point, but I'm very worried about possible extensions down the road. I really don't want balls/strikes, force-outs, etc, ever being decided by a camera. 2601358

2008-08-26T21:29:26-04:00

D.T.

Elburn 484519

I'm confident replay will work for boundary calls. However, it disturbs me this is being instituted during the season. Rules consistency during the season has historically been a high priority. What makes this issue so important at this time that the change can not wait until the start of the 2009 season? 2594714

It took a while, but Major League Baseball reversed its opposition to instant replay and will allow umpires to check video on home run calls in series that start Thursday -- nearly 10 months after general managers voted 25-5 to use the technology.For now, video will be used only on so-called "boundary calls," such as determining whether fly balls went over the fence, whether potential HRs were fair or foul and whether there was fan interference on potential home runs. Commissioner Bud Selig said he won't allow its use to expand to additional types of calls. Video from all broadcast feeds will be collected at MLB's office in New York, where it will be monitored by a technician and either an umpire supervisor or a retired umpire. Leaving the dugout to argue a call following a replay will result in an automatic ejection.So what's your take? Do you think instant replay -- if limited to just HR calls -- will work in baseball? Let us know. 2176

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