Instant Replay?
November 7, 2007 by Geoff Young
Filed under Odds and Ends
Was that a home run or not? If big-league general managers have their way, umpires soon will be able to consult video replay if needed.
Well, maybe not soon.
The GMs voted 25-5 in favor of implementing such a system to help in determining home runs, fair/foul calls, and fan interference. Next steps are to get approval from team owners, the MLBPA, and the umpires.
Like I said, maybe not so soon.
I have mixed feelings about bringing instant replay to baseball. On the one hand, I’d like to see the right call made (can we extend this to non-tags at home plate?). On …read more
