Major League Baseball to move ahead with instant replay - ESPN
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ORLANDO, Fla. -- Another baseball tradition is about to largely disappear: a manager, with a crazed look in his eyes, charging the field and getting into a face-to-face shouting match with an umpire.
Instead, most calls on the field next season will be subject to video review by umpires in New York.
Major League Baseball took the first vote in a two-step process Thursday, unanimously approving funding for expanded instant replay in 2014. They plan to approve the new rules when they meet Jan. 16 in Paradise Valley, Ariz., after agreements with the unions for umpires and players.
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The specifics have yet to be worked out, but it looks like a major change will be taking place. Previously replay was available to resolve disputed home runs , but now...
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.....virtually every decision likely will be subject to review, except balls and strikes, checked swings and some foul tips.
"Tag plays, out/safe at first, fair/foul past the bags, those are all going to be included," said Rob Manfred, MLB's chief operating officer.
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They are talking about allowing a manager two challenges a game, that has yet to be decided.
This seems a very welcome move, MLB was the last major sport to still allow a manager/coach to come unto the field and disrupt play by sustaining an argument. It seemed foolish to me that fans at home watching on tv had better means for determining the reality of a play than did the ones on the field charged with making the calls. The technology is available for eliminating games being decided by blown calls, why wouldn't they use it?