MLB to Expand Instant Replay.....?

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by AllPurposeGamer

As far as replay goes, I think you'll find that 90 percent or so of people see replay as an overwhelming positive addition to both football and basketball. But both of those sports have more built in stoppages that are conducive to replay (as mentioned by JRut). Then again, replay is here to stay, and it will be expanded, so one better accept it.

Baseball has to be careful. If they do not implement it right, they will cause other controversies. It is one thing to get certain plays right, but so much can happen in baseball if the call is changed. And some of the plays that have been controversial have other implications that I do not think the public even thinks about.

Peace

[Steven Tyler]

The ump giveth, and the ump taketh away.

Johan Santana, "Come on down". This your lucky day.

[SanDiegoSteve]

Originally Posted by Steven Tyler

The ump giveth, and the ump taketh away.

Johan Santana, "Come on down". This your lucky day.

Yeah, that ball got all chalk!

[tmagan]

You know what will happen in a Beltran situation? The Cardinal's dugout would tell Beltran to step out of the batter's box until the people in the command center would have enough time to see the play.

[eyezen]

Originally Posted by tmagan

You know what will happen in a Beltran situation? The Cardinal's dugout would tell Beltran to step out of the batter's box until the people in the command center would have enough time to see the play.

And if it was ruled fair, then what?

[MD Longhorn]

Originally Posted by eyezen

And if it was ruled fair, then what?

Changing fair to foul will not be difficult. Changing foul to fair (except over the fence) will be a mess... so if they go to replay on this kind of call, umpires will be encouraged to call anything close fair.

[D Ray]

Originally Posted by mbcrowder

Changing fair to foul will not be difficult. Changing foul to fair (except over the fence) will be a mess... so if they go to replay on this kind of call, umpires will be encouraged to call anything close fair.

Agreed. It will make it like high school football is now. Televised football games have replay, so officials are taught to withhold whistles on close plays. With MLB replay they will be encouraged to rule fair, then let the camera sort it out. The rest of us will have to do it the old fashioned way. Make me wonder how this will effect MiLB umpires. Perhaps they will use replay at AAA also, so those on the cusp will get used to how the big boys do it.

Whole lot simpler and cheaper to shun the monitor to make the call in the first place.

[tmagan]

Originally Posted by mbcrowder

Changing fair to foul will not be difficult. Changing foul to fair (except over the fence) will be a mess... so if they go to replay on this kind of call, umpires will be encouraged to call anything close fair.

Makes sense, although I would think that going from foul to fair, MLB will probably make it an automatic ground rule double.

[tmagan]

Originally Posted by eyezen

And if it was ruled fair, then what?

Then Terry Collins will tell the catcher to visit the mound to stall for time so that the command center will see it.

[APG]

Originally Posted by JRutledge

Baseball has to be careful. If they do not implement it right, they will cause other controversies. It is one thing to get certain plays right, but so much can happen in baseball if the call is changed. And some of the plays that have been controversial have other implications that I do not think the public even thinks about.

Peace

I agree that MLB will have to be careful and think thoroughly about how certain replay situations will be handled. But it's a foregone conclusion that replay WILL be expanded...all this waxing about how baseball is officiated by humans and that mistakes are "part of the game" and it's been that way forever won't change that fact.

[DG]

Critical "who knocked the ball out of bounds call" in Celtics-Heat game just reviewed with 41 seconds left in game. It took less than a minute to review. No big deal, Heat crowd barely made a sound when the initial call was reversed, Celtics get the ball. Probably saw it on arena monitors where replay was clear. Celtics win by 4. Big call, big correction aided by replay.

[tmagan]

Originally Posted by DG

Critical "who knocked the ball out of bounds call" in Celtics-Heat game just reviewed with 41 seconds left in game. It took less than a minute to review. No big deal, Heat crowd barely made a sound when the initial call was reversed, Celtics get the ball. Probably saw it on arena monitors where replay was clear. Celtics win by 4. Big call, big correction aided by replay.

There were five hands there. I couldn't tell conclusively who touched it last.

[DG]

Originally Posted by tmagan

There were five hands there. I couldn't tell conclusively who touched it last.

Gee whiz, holy mackeral. How you miss make this easy call reversal, as was made?

[APG]

Originally Posted by tmagan

There were five hands there. I couldn't tell conclusively who touched it last.

That ball was conclusively off the Heat player's hand.

[zm1283]

The game was fine 75, 50 and 25 years ago and it is still fine now. The umpiring and playing have gotten better over time.

Most of this is coming from the media, who have convinced the fans that something just has to be done. IR in football is a joke. Review everything or review nothing. I hate it in the NFL, I hate it in basketball ("Lets go to the monitor to see if the toe was on the three point line" ), and it will be even worse in baseball.

The umpires better tell them to shove it.