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Originally Posted by TwoBits
I believe the first replay rule that was instituted was to allow Major League umpires to review whether a ball hit such as this was a homerun or not, so I'm not sure why it wouldn't be reviewed, either, unless every set of umpire eyes that was watching that ball are absolutely certain they saw it go off the top of the wall.
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The calling umpire was "certain." The manager of the offense didn't object "too much." So, the crew chief decided not to review it.
To his credit, the crew admitted the mistaken call.