MLB use of 6 man crews for the playoffs

[CT1]

Our state uses 3-man for all HS playoff rounds. We typically work 3-man on the last two Saturdays before the playoffs to get ready.

The SEC goes from 3-man to 4-man for their tournament.

[UMP25]

From what one of my friends in MLB has told me, MLB is seriously considering employing a 5-man crew in the near future, with the 5th man either being a replay booth official, or rotating in and out of the crew per game with the plate guy. These are two ongoing discussions.

Whether they'll be implemented or how remains to be seen.

[JJ]

Originally Posted by UMP25

From what one of my friends in MLB has told me, MLB is seriously considering employing a 5-man crew in the near future, with the 5th man either being a replay booth official, or rotating in and out of the crew per game with the plate guy. These are two ongoing discussions.

Whether they'll be implemented or how remains to be seen.

Why not combine the two ideas - the guy who sits while resting (either after or before his plate game) can work the replay booth.

JJ

[UMP25]

If it makes sense, then it probably won't happen, John.

I do agree that your suggestion, or a similar one where there's an in-house reviewer like the NFL's booth reviews, would be better than what has been proposed for the 2014 season.

Originally Posted by UMP25

I do agree that your suggestion, or a similar one where there's an in-house reviewer like the NFL's booth reviews, would be better than what has been proposed for the 2014 season.

Are you familiar with the NHL review system? I feel theirs is the best of any sport.

[Manny A]

Originally Posted by AremRed

Are you familiar with the NHL review system? I feel theirs is the best of any sport.

Other than reviewing whether or not a goal was scored, what else do they review in the NHL? I'm willing to bet it's not that extensive a list.

Of course, my experience is based solely upon the occasional Caps game that I watch on local TV. But do they review calls of offsides, icing, catching-n-carrying the puck illegally, high-sticking, and other calls that do not necessarily result in penalties? Nope.

Yeah, they do have some sort of control room that reviews plays, and that's what MLB plans on using next season (if the expanded replay proposal passes muster). But the focus of the NHL system is on the goal, and not much else. So how is that system better than the NFLs and MLBs? Seems to me more mistakes are unreviewable in hockey than in other sports.

[hbk314]

Originally Posted by Manny A

Other than reviewing whether or not a goal was scored, what else do they review in the NHL? I'm willing to bet it's not that extensive a list.

Of course, my experience is based solely upon the occasional Caps game that I watch on local TV. But do they review calls of offsides, icing, catching-n-carrying the puck illegally, high-sticking, and other calls that do not necessarily result in penalties? Nope.

Yeah, they do have some sort of control room that reviews plays, and that's what MLB plans on using next season (if the expanded replay proposal passes muster). But the focus of the NHL system is on the goal, and not much else. So how is that system better than the NFLs and MLBs? Seems to me more mistakes are unreviewable in hockey than in other sports.

Some things about the NFL system don't make sense to me. Why automatically review some things and not others? Why are field goals, fumble recoveries, etc not reviewable? There's either evidence to overturn or there's not.

Part of my issue with automatically reviewing all turnovers is that it seems like in some situations they keep a play live to see how it plays out figuring they can fix it on replay later, but that call (in reality a non-call) becomes the call that you need 100% evidence to overturn.

That's exactly what I don't want to see in baseball. I want umpires calling it the way they see it. Not calling any borderline call fair.

[zm1283]

Originally Posted by CT1

Our state uses 3-man for all HS playoff rounds. We typically work 3-man on the last two Saturdays before the playoffs to get ready.

The SEC goes from 3-man to 4-man for their tournament.

The SEC went to 4-man in conference regular season games this past year. Most D1 and a lot of D2 conferences work 4-man in conference tournaments.