Pirates/Braves ending

[Larry1953]

Originally Posted by DG

Is it? This was just a bad call in a mid-season game not a reason to expand the cause for replay in baseball.

The Pujols HR review took 4 minutes. Without replay there surely would have been a rhubarb that would have lasted nearly that long with fingers in the face, ejections, bumping, suspensions. Now, waiting through a review has less entertainment value than watching the ground crew rake the infield. But it does lend to more civility. Ironically both of these game deciding replays from the same night were inconclusive. And in both cases, if the "expected call" were made, it would have been the better call. If baseball does expand replay, the red flag idea would probably be best. You get one a game. You lose it if the manager gets ejected for arguing a call inappropriately - after all, he could have just thrown out the flag. And he'd best save it for when it really matters.