Should MLB use instant replay more?

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  • glp - 12 years ago

    Replaying several calls a game will diminish the value and enjoyment of baseball. There is something special about the history of umpires and the work they do. That said, I think the replay should definately be expanded to fair/foul balls, fan interference, caught balls that may have hit the ground 1st or been trapped. Also, instead of the umpire having complete control over replay like it is now, the coaches should be allowed one replay request per game specificly limited to debatable homeruns, a debatable caught ball, and debatable fan interference calls. Fair and foul ball replays should be at the umpires discretion. Its hard to mess up fair and foul balls, yet one umpire messed up two of them a few world series ago, he had to have known he blew them without looking at a replay. (in the world series, they have 2 additional umpires whose sole responsibility is to watch the fair and foul line past the bases, and he still managed to blow it, TWICE). I hope he is fired, no excuses for him period. Anywho, what i would like to see, is ball parks replay all close calls on the huge jumbo trons. They never replay close calls at ball parks, and i know it has to do with showing the fans the umpire was wrong. They do this at NFL games so why not baseball. It would help show the umpires they are wrong to get their ass in gear for the right call. It would also be beneficial if we implement replay so umpires can see they may have made a mistake, or they can hear the crowd as the replay is shown to hint that they may have missed the call. It will make them want to look at a replay if they have a feeling the crowd knows they got it wrong. Even though they have replay now, some umps still refuse to look at it because they "know they are right" rangers got burned a year ago on two home run calls that umpires flat out refused to review because he was right. Both times they were wrong. Had the replay been shown on a jumbo tron, the crowd would have let them know he made a mistake or he could have seen it himself which would have made him think twice about the call he made and go to a replay review. Damn the high and mighty umps. Implement a replay system to show them they arent always right, but also allow them to have some freedom so they dont feel like they are getting disrespected by reviewing their calls.

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