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Originally Posted by bsaucer
What is the present status on video review? I believe it's used for reviewing questionable home runs. Usually, the umpire calls "Home Run!" or "Foul!". In both cases, the ball becomes dead. What if the video reveals that the fair ball actually remained "in play", and never left the park? Where would you place the runners? Can a call of "dead ball" be reversed?
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MLB has ALREADY addressed this issue in the REVISED ruling for umpires which allows them to place runners where in their judgement they would have achieved.
It's NOT YET in the publsihed rule books but hopefully it should be there this coming year.
Pete Booth