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Tonight’s debacle of a call by umpire Jim Joyce to deny Detroit’s Armando Galarraga a perfect game with two outs in the 9th has stirred up talks of instant replay expansion for America’s pastime.
While the purists will come out of the woodwork and argue their “good ol’ days” rant, the truth is that tradition is no longer an excuse.
The MLB fan base is too smart for that and they know we deserve better.
Besides, the other big three professional sports all have an expansive replay system (NFL, NBA, and NHL).
Not to mention, Major League Baseball already has a system that reviews questionable home run plays.
If the MLB were to be the first in line at an attempt of replay, then the feet dragging might hold some weight. However; there are several examples to borrow from that make it inexcusable to continue much longer without expanding the replay system.
No doubt, the largest argument from a logical standpoint would be the impact that replay would have on the length of a Major League game.
Simply put, there is a simple way that replay can be included in baseball by borrowing from the tactics of other sports.
Namely, the NFL’s concept of a coaching challenge.
Give each manager one challenge per game. The challenge can only be used on an out/safe call while the umpires still hold the discretion to review homeruns. Perhaps the replay system could even include fair/foul replays, but that’s for another day.
In theory, if a manager challenges a safe or out call they would lose it for the rest of the game. However, I would support replenishing a manager’s challenge if he wins the previous one.
In other words, it’s not the manager’s fault if an umpire or entire crew screws up multiple times in one game.
By only giving the manager one challenge per game they must be very selective and strategic about when to use it. Do they really want to potentially waste it on a close call of a steal attempt at second base in the 4th inning?
The bottom line is that MLB can do better and the fans and players deserve better.
It’s stated in life that the measure of a human’s character is how they rebound from traumatic events in their life. What changes are made? What was learned?
Well… Major League Baseball?
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NYJin2009tm @ Jun 3
I've been saying for years that it's just a matter of time before MLB gets instant replay on everything but balls and strikes.
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Sens4life @ Jun 3
Acedeck the right thing would be to reverse the call, but I couldn't imagine MLB reversing a call on the field especially with no regulation in place that grants them the right to do so.
Full-on NFL-style instant replay would be better suited for baseball than the current system which is more like the NHL's. I like the author's idea of a one-out system for challenges. I'm not sure whether challenging 3rd strikes or 4th balls is a good idea or not, anyone that watches baseball on ESPN knows the lack of consistency umps have calling correct balls and strikes. Regardless of what sport we are talking about, replays take entirely too long to review (unnecessarily in my opinion) and MLB could be an innovator in efficiency. Whatever the guidelines, it needs to be expanded.
Full-on NFL-style instant replay would be better suited for baseball than the current system which is more like the NHL's. I like the author's idea of a one-out system for challenges. I'm not sure whether challenging 3rd strikes or 4th balls is a good idea or not, anyone that watches baseball on ESPN knows the lack of consistency umps have calling correct balls and strikes. Regardless of what sport we are talking about, replays take entirely too long to review (unnecessarily in my opinion) and MLB could be an innovator in efficiency. Whatever the guidelines, it needs to be expanded.
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stlstudios189 @ Jun 3
I think the manager challenge idea is amazing. managers already come out and challange the umps all the time. Give each manager 1 challange each and if the game goes into extras give each team one more challenge.
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jmik58 @ Jun 3
Bud Selig has decided he won't overturn the ruling of safe at the end of the game.
This man has dragged his feet and failed to act accordingly to crucial points of his tenure. He has screwed us with the All-Star game debacle by making it impact the regular season.
Now that he has an opportunity to do something right by reversing the final out of a game, he once again won't take a leap of faith.
This man has dragged his feet and failed to act accordingly to crucial points of his tenure. He has screwed us with the All-Star game debacle by making it impact the regular season.
Now that he has an opportunity to do something right by reversing the final out of a game, he once again won't take a leap of faith.
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The good news for Gallaraga, he can know that he did in fact pitch a perfect game, for his ego's sake. Regardless of how bad someone screws up, he can know that he did it. What's a stat in the stat book anyway? He pitched a perfect game, making it three on the year now. I'm not even going to recognize that blown call as being worth mentioning any further. Gallaraga did what only 20 others have done in history.