A Thought on Instant Replay to Get You Through the Night

But if the challenge is accepted, they should be allowed to make another one later.

If it is declined, it counts as the managers trip to the mound for the next inning (or so), so as they would have to make a pitching change if they went out. Or something in a similar vein so it is not overused.

There is no need to extend instant replay in baseball. If you want to take human error out of the game, boot-up the XBOX or Wii and play a game of The Bigs or MLB 2009.

I do like Showalter’s idea, have an ump in the booth upstairs, call him if something needs to be replayed(no balls and strikes or bang bang plays), and he could also be official scorer so there is no longer a homefield bias. But I am more inclined to keep the game the way Ive always loved it. At least in Football you lose something(timeouts), what will keep baseball managers from challenging?

It’s going to happen. This time it went our way….for a change. It’s disappointing he missed it I agree, but overall I think they do a decent job.

may have been a good idea. Tho the real truth is things like rainouts are part of the game. Yea, you’re right on the whole getting to Yankee stadium being a pain in the culo, then finding out that there’s no game….I’d be hella pissed too.

As for replay, the human error part of the game is nice. But technology is what it is today. Baseball needs to be getting in sync with it.

Replay on everything except balls and strikes is for the good of the game. The reason that they have replay’s on HR and all a that was cuz of entirely too many HR that weren’t or were in a short period of time.

I’m tired of that way of thought…for something to repeatedly happen and affect games before something is done about it.

That foul ball may or may not have affected game 2, but I’d think that 5 minutes of a stopage to get it right would have cured a lot of ills. Tho of course, the media needs something to write about now that the Pissants are gonna be swept!!!! :)

…and don’t get me started on the maple bats thing. Its gonna take a bat splintering and impaling some 12 year old white girl before there is something real done on it.

… instant replay in baseball to review more than home runs is inevitable. Wouldn’t it be good to begin the process as soon as possible to work out the kinks and to see what type of system works best, and decide the possible limits that can be put in place to keep the time it takes to review and figure out any penalties and such?

Change is inevitable. As technology becomes more advanced and available, it will eventually be utilized. We can’t stop it. We can only accept it and adapt to it, complain about it, or ignore it.

There are those out there who might miss the days where there were no lights in the ballparks; where there was virtually no such thing as a “day/night double-header”; where there was rope around the outfield to separate the fans from the field; where the uniforms were made of wool; where constant fighting and violence occurred during the games; where the gloves were left on the field; where the players were still under the belief that the “reserve clause” was real and binding; where the owners wore three-piece suits and so did the managers; where there was a grandfather-clause on the spitball; where the All-Star game meant absolutely nothing; where the only drugs the ballplayers took were caffeine or the cortisone injections for their aching limbs; where no one would grab their crotch and spit after warbling the “Star-Spangled Banner”; where only one or two pitchers were used during a game by each team; where the Yankees weren’t in the playoffs every year; where the mounds were higher and the strike zones much wider; where they wore stirrups; where there were no “wild-card” teams or even divisions; where autographs were freely given and not sold to the highest bidder; where there was no VORP or OPS or wERA or BABIP or “Moneyball” or sabermetrics; where there was “bonus-babies”; where there were no player’s union or Marvin Miller; where pitchers always hit for themselves; where all the players wore handle-bar mustaches or mutton-chops; where Scott Boras and his ilk never existed; where there were no domes or artificial turf; where the only players were white players….

Changes. They happen. .