Why No Replay Review?

[CraigD]

Originally Posted by mbcrowder

So let me get this straight... you expected the UMPIRES to make a ruling, and then on their own decide they might be wrong and go to replay? Coaches didn't complain or ask them to confer - so why would they? Blaming the umpires for not going to replay is frankly idiotic.

Not sure to whom your comment is directed, but I'll answer since I started the thread.

Ron Washington certainly did go out to complain or clarify what happened along the wall. (You can reference the video link provided by Jurassic.) Since he wasn't miked, I'm not certain what he said to the umpire(s). But he most certainly went out.

Is the trigger mechanism for reviewing a call how vociferously the manager argues? That seems to be the inference of your comment.

I'm simply trying to understand the way the review process works. Does the "offending" umpire have to agree to have his call reviewed, does the manager have to create a dust storm, or can the crew (or crew chief) simply say, "Let's check this one on the tape"?

What's the mechanism that sends them into the tunnel to look at the tape?

It's also interesting that when the call is changed due to review, as in the Berkman HR, the protocol of an umpire changing his own call isn't necessarily followed.