The general managers of Major League Baseball have voted in favor of instant replay 25-5. In recent years, the NFL, NBA and NHL have used instant replay to improve their sport, and now baseball wants to follow in their footsteps. Instant replay would be limited, used only to see if balls are foul or fair, if balls clear the fence, or if a fan interferes with the ball.In my opinion, I would not have voted in favor of this change. Baseball has been played longer than any of the major sports and always been known for the human element. This is one of the reasons why the game is so great. The game should not be determined by a videotape.
Plus, games take forever as it is. Major League Baseball should be trying to figure out a way to make these games move along at a faster rate. Instant replay certainly wouldn't help matters and who knows how many "challenges" managers will get in a game. If they are going to implement this, then a manager should only get one challenge per game. Anything more than that would be too much. No one really wants these games to be over 3 hours long, let alone 4 hours. And if you're a Yankee fan, how many times do you feel like hearing Michael Kay say that the game was an "unmanageable" 4 hours and 21 minutes?
Shawn Marosek
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It wouldn't be a challenge system, the umps would use it when there is a disputed homerun. Whether the disputed homer is over the wall, fair or foul, or if a fan interfered. There were two doubles that should have been looked at in the playoffs. But I don't mind it, because I think you will rarely see it used. You say the game is known for "human error". That doesn't sound like a good thing, so if they have the technology to verify or negate a play that happens over 200 ft away from any umpire, I say use it. Reminds me most of the hockey system, which only uses it on disputed goals. I say get it right!
I would agree with you being against instant replay if they start using it on everything. The games are long enough. Though with the homeruns, umps tend to take alot of time discussing it and then arguing with the manager who got the play called against them. So I don't mind it. I would love to see rules against batters stepping out of the box, mound visits, and other things to speed up the game. That gets ridiculous.
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