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I personally support instant replay in baseball because, like football, basketball, and hockey or any other sport that uses instant replay, if an umpire makes a bad call, he should have the ability to review it. Though sometimes umpires don't review correctly and keep the call the same.
Even after reviewing the play, he still ruled a double and that won the game for the Cleveland Indians. Replay shows that the ball hit above the yellow line and that should have been the game tying home run.
For some other calls like: Jim Joyce-Armando Gallaragga, Jerry Meals blown calls against the Pirates and Red Sox, Don Dekinger's call in the 1985 World Series, the Jeffrey Maier incident in the Game 1 of the 1996 ALCS, and some others. If they would have had instant replay back then, those calls would have been overturned.
I don't understand why some baseball fans don't like it. Who cares? It's very helpful because it's used to help umpires get the call right. Instant replay in Major League Baseball was brought in full time two years ago. This is why I like instant replay.
I think that it is a necessity in that the replays are made instantly available to the fans watching on TV. We are able to tell with much more precision whether someone was safe or out. In such circumstances, it seems foolish to have the call made by umpires who do not enjoy the replay advantage since they are less well informed than the fans at home.
As long as replay isn't used in ball/strike calls... We don't need any "So what is a ball? So what is a strike?"
You know, like the NFL has their "So can anyone define a catch?" garbage.... the player has to have both hands in firm control of the ball as he brings it to his body being careful not to fart as he comes down to the ground because it might dislodge the ball .02 millimeters and therefore not be a catch.
The micromanagement of replays like what happens in the NFL is exactly what instant replay shouldn't be...
I'd prefer that instant replay/review be banned in all sports -- for the simple reason that it further politicizes sport. You'll undoubtedly see a bad call occasionally, but the concept of a constant potential for whining to an authority figure is what got all of sport (and the nation itself) in the mess it's in today,
I'd prefer that instant replay/review be banned in all sports -- for the simple reason that it further politicizes sport. You'll undoubtedly see a bad call occasionally, but the concept of a constant potential for whining to an authority figure is what got all of sport (and the nation itself) in the mess it's in today,
There is nothing political about wanting to get the correct call. Nor is some manager saying "We challenge that call" any sort of definition of whining.
Ironically it is you who are the only one introducing politics to the thread with your comment about how you think the nation is a mess.
There is nothing political about wanting to get the correct call. Nor is some manager saying "We challenge that call" any sort of definition of whining.
Ironically it is you who are the only one introducing politics to the thread with your comment about how you think the nation is a mess.
I stand by my original point -- I've heard a number of other people (admittedly, most of them in middle age and above) who aren't impressed with the "legitimization of bickering" that has been introduced into sports culture.
"Politics" in the day-to-day use of the word has little to do with it, and I apologize for my poor choice of words in that context. But the point remains: The occasional "bad call' is a part of the game, and part of life, and too much sensitivity undermines one of life's necessary lessons.
The occasional "bad call' is a part of the game, and part of life, and too much sensitivity undermines one of life's necessary lessons.
It was part of the game until we had the means to improve the accuracy.
That things are "part of life" is hardly some reason for accepting them as perpetual. Polio was once a common part of life, we do not seem to be missing that.
Precisely what vital lesson do you think we should be abstracting from missed calls in sporting events? That since we get some things wrong, we should never look for ways to try and get them right?
It was part of the game until we had the means to improve the accuracy.
As I said in my previous post... it's the micromanagement of replays that has to go. Not really a problem (yet) in MLB... but it's a huge reason as to why NFL replay is a complete joke.
Can anyone clearly define what is a catch and what isn't a catch in the NFL? Didn't think so. But hey, we can at least slow the replay down to that point .00000003 seconds after the receiver caught the ball to see the ball move .00003 of an inch while in his grasp...
So... NO CATCH!
Hopefully MLB won't ruin replay like the NFL did...
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