MLB Playoffs: Why Baseball Needs Replays
Writing by Igor Ivanov on Tuesday, 9 of October , 2007 at 3:26 pm
It’s inevitable. Major League Baseball will institute some form of video replay. We have the technology – and we clearly have the need.
There isn’t supposed to be anything subjective about baseball’s rules. We know that’s hardly the case; put a dozen umpires in a room, and you’ll get 13 different interpretations of the strike zone. But there is no wiggle room whether a ball is foul or fair, a home run or off the wall. These are critical calls that umpires sometimes miss, even in the playoffs with a six-man crew. For example, we nearly had a home run by Yankees’ leadoff hitter Johnny Damon kept off the scoreboard in Game 1 of the ALDS against Cleveland.
The argument against replay usually boils down to “the human element.” We’ve seen far too many instances in other sports where the human element becomes the criminal element. Does MLB need its own Tim Donaghy before we get instant replay?
Category: MLB Baseball
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