Selig Sort of Willing to Listen on Instant Replay

by abbreviatedman on Oct 13, 2007 12:33 PM EDT

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Selig Will Let GMs Make Recommendation on Instant Replay

At their Nov. 5th-8th meetings, the GMs are likely to decide to recommend or not recommend instant replay to the commissioner. At which point Bud Selig will either say, "I agree, we shouldn't have instant replay," or "I disagree, we shouldn't have instant replay."

Will baseball ever implement it? Should baseball ever implement it? Could baseball ever get a comissioner who looks more like a sausage pizza?

Discuss.

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I think

After the play at the plate in the NL tie-breaker, where Holliday was out at the plate, it was time for instant replay in baseball. Not for every play, obviously, and DEFINITELY not for balls/strikes, but that play decided who made the playoffs and who didn't. I'm not saying the Padres deserved to win, or that they would have (and in fact I wanted the Rockies to win), but it is really unfair for a call like that to go against a team.

I don't know if they will implement instant replay, but I'm starting to think that they should. And they probably should in the NBA as well, given all the referee favoritism that goes on.

by ajohnst1 on Oct 13, 2007 12:49 PM EDT reply actions

Holliday's play

Do you honestly think that was going to be overturned after the ump made the call, replay or not?

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by BlackOps on Oct 13, 2007 12:52 PM EDT up reply actions

Agree

There was nothing conclusive on that one. No way it would get overturned.

by goalieguy on Oct 13, 2007 2:18 PM EDT up reply actions

I think

They should do it in certain situations. First, I would allow MLB to review whether or not a HR ball actually cleared the fence if it is in question. Second, I would let them review sliding catches that may have been trapped. Finally, I would allow them to review situations involving fan interference. In all of the above situations, the umpire does not always have a clear view of what is happening and I think a potential review would improve the quality of officiating.

I would not, however, allow balls and strikes, or safe and out calls to be reviewed (except for the above mentioned situations) because it would slow the game down too much and the umpires are remarkably accurate most of the time. In addition, reviews of those situations are not always conclusive so it might not help that much. anyways

by Dfarth on Oct 13, 2007 1:05 PM EDT reply actions

Actually

After thinking about it some more - I don't think sliding catches should be reviewable either because then you could get into situations where an umpire rules an "out" on the field and yet replay shows that it was not caught. If that were to happen, how many bases should be awarded to the hitter? In addition, if it were the third out and there were runners on base, where should they go? It becomes too complicated.

The same can be said almost any time an "out" is in question - so I would not allow safe/out calls to be reviewed at all. Only situations where the play itself resulted in a dead ball (ie. HRs, foul balls), should be reviewable.

by Dfarth on Oct 13, 2007 1:10 PM EDT up reply actions

Instant replay

i think each team should be allowed a certain number of instant replays each game, on certain calls. I don't think they should allow them on balls and strikes though.

-That's why I love Earth. You can do what you want, and no one makes you feel guilty because no one cares. - Dr. Zoidberg

by DrZoidberg on Oct 13, 2007 2:50 PM EDT reply actions

That's what

questec will be used for

You realize that prospect lists have a time horizon of like 5-10 years, not 5-10 days, right?

by slurve on Oct 13, 2007 4:27 PM EDT up reply actions

Fix

If they want to fix anything, they should have those outfield umpires in the playoffs stand a little further away than 20' from the 1b and 3b bags. There's no point in having them if they continue to stand where they have been standing.

God rested one day out of 7, Felix rests 4 out of 5.

by CrimsonLiederhosen on Oct 13, 2007 5:15 PM EDT reply actions