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Should MLB use replay to review all questionable calls?
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COMMENTS (16)
  • Only when a win or loss would have a significant effect on a teams standing.

    By STR , Posted November 2, 2009 4:33 AM
  • I have no clue as to what code you are speaking, so I cannot possibly answer this Express poll question.

    By Anonymous , Posted November 2, 2009 7:15 AM
  • Do it like the NFL where one team has to challenge a call. However, if they challenge the call but the call stands, the team that challenges forfeits the game, and refunds all attendees tickets. Challenges have already brought NFL games to a virtual standstill, with every touchdown, sideline reception, and fumble recovery challenged. MLB games aren't clock-constrained now so doubling the time the average game lasts so every pitch can be scrutinized would be a disaster.

    By Anonymous , Posted November 2, 2009 7:21 AM
  • Maybe in post season, where one call can make a difference. Baseball has 162 games, generally a call only makes a difference in one or two games a year.

    It's not like football where calls make a difference every game.

    By brad2 , Posted November 2, 2009 9:23 AM
  • No. Whining about missed calls is as American as apple pie.

    By matt g , Posted November 2, 2009 10:01 AM
  • Do you have any idea how many reviewable calls (or no calls) occur in a game? There's multiple things that could be reviewed on every pitch, even ones where the ball is not put into play (was the pitcher on the rubber, did he make illegal contact between his mouth and hand, was the batter completely within the batter's box, how high was his pine tar). To allow review of "all questionable calls" could double the length of games.

    By Umpire Strikes Back , Posted November 2, 2009 10:28 AM
  • Just to add my two cents:
    - Many sports other than NFL now use replay, including NBA, NHL, USTA and Wimbledon, PBR and NASCAR.
    - Photo finishes have been used by horse and auto racing for decades.
    - The NFL rules for replay and review have changed over the years, to correct inequities, prevent abuse and speed play.

    Adding replay to MLB may enhance the game.

    By Baseball fan , Posted November 2, 2009 10:42 AM
  • Yes, and within a year or two they will.

    By chris , Posted November 2, 2009 10:44 AM
  • I can't stay up past the 6th inning anyway. And if we had replay available for every call we'd need more cameras for A-Rod to hit.

    By Anonymous , Posted November 2, 2009 11:13 AM
  • Advertisers and money will have their way; review by replay will soon be the norm.

    By V , Posted November 2, 2009 11:53 AM
  • Just what we need--something to make baseball even slower and more boring than it already is.

    By VeggieTart , Posted November 2, 2009 11:56 AM
  • When did we stop tructing the referees or accepting that bad calls are made at times. I am a recreational league coach and see this issue as harmful. The ref will make good and bad calls. Sportsmanship requires the players to accept it and try harder to overcome bad calls (unless they are all one sided).

    By Coach , Posted November 2, 2009 12:16 PM
  • Just because someone can do something does not mean they should.

    By Anonymous , Posted November 2, 2009 12:49 PM
  • Yes, and they should replace all the umps with robots. Whoohoo, good times at the old ball park! Not.....

    By Diogenes , Posted November 2, 2009 1:48 PM
  • Technology already exists to show whether a pitch is in the strike zone or not. But, there are limitations to that tool, and other reasons why the umps haven't been replaced.

    By Keep the umps, even the blind ones , Posted November 2, 2009 2:39 PM
  • Yup. And all stadiums should be identical, to eliminate home-field advantage. And all players should be the same size and age, and should have to wear identical gloves and use identical bats. That way, we'd know the outcome was truly fair.

    By Special Olympic Bowler , Posted November 2, 2009 2:41 PM
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