Yanks/Tribe...Did it hit the bat?...commentator comments?

[Interested Ump]

Originally Posted by PeteBooth

And what is wrong with going to slo-mo replays?
I find it a paradox. There is the motto "get the call right" yet baseball refuses to use the technology available to Get the call right.

"Listen to the sounds, watch no lips".

Some say that IR will add time to games that are already lasting 3.5 - 4 hours long. When the umpires "huddle" also takes time. Why "huddle" when you can go to the Replay. We do not know what would have happened but in last nights game 2 calls would have been over-turned if replay were used.

Clearly and my opinion is that one more play under instant replay/review would have been overturned. Three critical calls that had important and significant influence on the outcome.

The Matsui CI and Mussina CLEARLY touching the bag before the runner. The tradition of baseball went out years ago. The DH Rule, lowering of the mound ,smaller ball-parks, Wild card Teams, Inter-League play to name a few. Every major sport has replay even Tennis for God's sake so I do not know what the problem is. At least experiment with it in Spring Training.

Pete Booth

Mr. Booth, MLB does not want instant replay. They have chosen specific technological implementations. Those decisions were affected because MLB believed them beneficial to their profitability.

MLB does not want its MLB umpires open to the type of scrutiny that instant replay/review will expose them. MLB umpires have proven time and time again that they are not ready to have professional standards publicly applied to their performances.