LL worlds

[Manny A]

Originally Posted by RKBUmp

Speaking of LL, I thought they were all into the instant replay. Been watching both baseball and softball LL this week and I have yet to see a replay challenge, and I have seen some calls that would easily have been overturned. Is LL not doing it anymore, or is that only when they get to Williamsport?

It's only in Williamsport. The regionals and all the other world series games won't use instant replay because they don't televise all of the games, so there are no cameras there to capture IR. Wouldn't be right to use IR in the championship game and not all the other games leading up to it.

As for the comment about the host getting an automatic berth, I think that's done to motivate different communities to host the games and provide all the volunteer help that goes along with it. What I find surprising is, more often than not, the host team makes it pretty far in the series, sometimes winning it all.