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sabryankee On October 16, 2009




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#1New Post! Aug 14, 2008 @ 03:32:10
What do you think of instant replay in the MLB? Do you like it or do you hate it? Here's a littel clip from: https://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3533985


WASHINGTON -- Major League Baseball is working out technical issues to start instant replay for boundary calls such as home runs, hoping to institute the system later this year.

"We've got lots of time in August," Bob DuPuy, the sport's chief operating officer, said Wednesday as a two-day owners' meeting began. "There's plenty of August still to go."

Replay was among the topics discussed but doesn't require a vote because it is not a rule change.

"There's not any opposition to it that I've heard," DuPuy said.

Commissioner Bud Selig, once a staunch opponent, appears to be more comfortable with the use of replay. Agreements are needed with the players' association and umpires' union.

"We don't need a lot of lead-up," DuPuy said. "What we need is stuff installed, and what we need is people to make sure it's going to work, and what we need is for the umpires to understand the protocol. What we need is to make sure that everyone who's participating understands it."

A rash of missed boundary calls -- fair or foul, over the fence or not -- prompted the Selig to alter his opposition. Replays would not be used to review close plays on the bases or balls and strikes
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