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Old Sun Feb 08, 2009, 04:12am
SanDiegoSteve SanDiegoSteve is offline
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Originally Posted by beachbum View Post
Actually ,i just wondered if anyone ever read anything that said MLB thought about or experimented with technology to call balls and strikes. Or that they considered appeals with instant replay.

Football and basketball now have instant replay.
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Originally Posted by bob jenkins View Post
So does baseball, on certain plays.
Plus, many plays in basketball and football are not subject to review. There are just some things better left to human reasoning. Balls and strikes are certainly one of them. I'd love to see the machine call a check swing or a HBP that just brushes the uniform.

"If they did get a machine to replace us, you know what would happen to it? Why, the players would bust it to pieces every time it ruled against them. They'd clobber it with a bat." - National League Umpire Harry Wendelstadt
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