[SanDiegoSteve]

Originally posted by D-Man
I certainly don't fear replay but, especially in baseball, instant replay can make human umpires obsolete. If the technology exists to evaluate a strike zone, how far away are we from getting humans out of harm's way and calling pitches from the booth. Just about every catch/no catch, timing play, throw out (force or not), fair/foul, ball leving the park call, etc., can be more accurately be made with multiple cameras, split screens, zoom lenses, etc. Everything that makes umpiring so difficult (see Rosa Parks threads, et.al.) is exactly what can make it passe for the human umpire, on the field, at least. No more heart attacks on the field. No more broken wrists. No more contract negotiations.

Big Brother says it's a better way.

D

Just how will a call of "foul" ever be reversed by replay? How about catch/no catch? If the call is "catch," how in the world are you going to go back, and then reverse the call. There are so many situations in baseball that call for continuation of a play for this to be implemented. Perhaps on a fair/foul over the fence call, when the ball is dead either way. Not too many other plays can really be subject to review in baseball.