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

[Interested Ump]

Originally Posted by msavakinas

This idea you have of instant replay in baseball is preposterous. Baseball is not the same as basketball or football. Baseball is not the sport for it. It has no place in baseball whatsoever. That takes the human element out of the game. The umpires being there is part of the game and is what is needed for the game to be fun and eventful.

I see a lot of emotion in the above; I read no content or argument that would disallow any serious consideration of Instant Reply/Review to be used in MLB.

How about the blowout games where the manager comes out of the dugout to get tossed just to give the fans a show. How about the games where it is a blowout and that pitch just a smither outside is now a ball because your computer says it is, when it could've been strike 3 on the team up 30-3 (YES IT HAPPENS!!!!) and one more out til this one is over. Your idea of instant replay is ridiculous and will never be used, and if, by chance of you somehow becoming in charge of something important it is, you can have all of my umpiring equipment and i am done (Or maybe I was just fired because I'm not as good as the machine...)

Nice rant!