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- Peko, on 08/21/2008, -14/+144This is good because it will help slow down the blistering pace of the game.
- parkskier426, on 08/21/2008, -1/+37I liked the managers going on tirades about terrible calls :(
- Trifold, on 08/21/2008, -0/+32Can't wait to see a red-faced Lou Pinella screaming and kicking dirt at a computer monitor.
- ZackScott, on 08/21/2008, -2/+20Seriously, if there is something you can do to make a right call, then why not use it? What was the logic in not allowing it? Just curious.
- dan222555, on 08/21/2008, -3/+21When you really think about it, it shouldn't. The calls they're going to use it on are calls that right now the managers and umpires have to spend a significant amount of time arguing/discussing. Instant replay can eliminate that entire process of discussion and argument and actually expedite the process for those close calls.
- thechinaski, on 08/21/2008, -17/+29FINALLY!!!
- minoss, on 08/21/2008, -1/+13Yea, correct calls being made is a disaster.
- DeFex, on 08/21/2008, -1/+11another excuse to cut to advertisements.
- gr00vy, on 08/21/2008, -0/+10This will be used like 3 times a year. There are very few Boundary cases like this. I have rarely seen a missed boundary question, and only on TV never live.
This isn't balls and strikes, and it isn't outs on first base, or tag outs, or swept bags or double plays. The fights will still happen, and Lou Pinella will still be kicking dirt over home plate. - sgtbutterscotch, on 08/21/2008, -1/+9Oooooh, I have an idea. Everyone who dislikes baseball already, don't comment on this page. Whether or not you approve of instant replay, if you're a fan of the game, you will still be a fan. I don't see what the point of all you people who hate baseball already commenting is. You weren't going to get into baseball before anyway. Leave the debating to people who love, or just like, the game.
- GregFD3S, on 08/21/2008, -0/+7The average football game lasts longer than the average baseball game.
- erichw1504, on 08/21/2008, -2/+8Gentlemen, we can view instant replays. We have the technology. We have the capability to help us make calls on the field.
- t3hbagel, on 08/21/2008, -2/+8I agree, merlin.
Whatever happened to tradition? - elshizzo, on 08/21/2008, -0/+6Tomar, I don't even watch football, but you'd have to be an idiot to say that replay ruined the sport. Football is doing incredibly well right now.
- dan222555, on 08/21/2008, -4/+10This is a good step. It seems like every time I watch a game there's a least one botched call at some point. I'm getting sick of it.
- danielrh9, on 08/21/2008, -4/+9I'm a long time and die hard baseball fan, and I'll be the first to step up and say that this has been desperately needed. So many botched calls have been game changers in the past few years. This could be especially useful in playoff scenarios.
To those opposed to it, consider this. Baseball in previous decades had bad calls made just the same as today. But no one aside from perhaps a handful of people sitting near where a play happened probably never knew that it was in fact a bad call. Whenever a bad call is made today, video evidence that in fact proves it was bad is made available to everyone instantly. Making all calls questionable and contextually unreliable. I for one am wholly in support of the accuracy that this decision provides. - adamroach, on 08/21/2008, -0/+5I fail to see how replay attracts new viewers. I guess I am naive to think that baseball fans watch baseball for the game.
- elshizzo, on 08/21/2008, -0/+5some people just hate change, plain and simple
- qxrt, on 08/21/2008, -4/+9Tradition in making the umpire's call stand.
- ferrariman60, on 08/21/2008, -6/+10Because baseball moves about as fast as paint dries. We don't need it to move slower still. And come on- just because we can doesn't mean we should. Do I really need to come up with examples that pertain to technology?
- dizzy113, on 08/21/2008, -8/+12This would have come in handy in a Marlins game a couple weeks ago where they called a foul ball a home run. The replay would have correct that call in what, about 30 secs? +1
- yosempai, on 08/21/2008, -3/+7Its part of the game! Instant replay is not.
- dizzy113, on 08/21/2008, -2/+6Umpires are human, I would rather have the truth stand and now someones ego!
- daschupa, on 08/21/2008, -0/+4Not if they're called the Bud Light Ice Cool Replays.
- dan222555, on 08/21/2008, -1/+5"Out of every baseball game I have ever seen, I have never seen them debate a call for more than 30-45 seconds"
You obviously haven't watched many baseball games. And the arguing still takes up time, regardless of what you want to call it. When there's a definitive right call available to the umpires, there's nothing for anyone to argue about. - P522, on 08/21/2008, -0/+4How does instant replay on boundary calls attract new viewers?
- tomarocco, on 08/21/2008, -3/+7I also read that as a result of the new rules stadiums are going to offer sleeper boxes as a companion to skyboxes.
- zeblith, on 08/21/2008, -0/+4No, then we'd just end up in the 2207th inning with a score of 0-0.
- elshizzo, on 08/21/2008, -0/+4its not about attracting new viewers, it is about getting calls made CORRECTLY. Why is this so hard to understand?
- mizatt, on 08/21/2008, -1/+4That's good news. Now they need to convince them to let the computer call balls and strikes
- GliTCH82, on 08/21/2008, -0/+3Reading this far into the comments section I have realized that there really are a lot of dumbasses in the world. I mean if the average Digger is of above average intelligence, then the world is *****.
- P522, on 08/21/2008, -0/+3The replay will only be used for boundary calls. He'll still be able to fuss about balls and strikes and put outs.
- inactive, on 08/21/2008, -0/+3Why'd it take so long?
- Dirtynoodle111, on 08/21/2008, -0/+3Screw that.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iiUyOOzH3zk - t3hbagel, on 08/21/2008, -0/+3He was ours before he was the Cubs'!
Go Mariners. Even though you're terrible this season. - aguynamedben, on 08/21/2008, -2/+5I hope they never use video replay to determine if a runner was tagged and is safe/out. It's baseball tradition for teams to argue those calls.
- MisterFurious, on 08/21/2008, -1/+4A bastardization of everything baseball stands for! Yeah, sure, it's only for calls that relate to balls being in or out, but how long before they start using it to override an umpire's strike call that was tickling the outside of the strike zone? Have we all forgotten the great words of the late George Carlin? "Baseball is pastoral. Football is technological." Using technology at all, rather than a trained pair of eyes, violates this principle.
And all this talk about making "right calls." Having been a baseball fan all my life, I can tell you that yes, umpires are human and fallible, but the point of baseball has always been to accept their decisions as final, especially since everything usually balances out in the end. A botched call that gives one team an advantage is typically followed by another that favors the opposing team, restoring harmony. If nothing else, baseball fans learn the sportsmanship and maturity of accepting something over which they have no control precisely because umpires, while human, have been the final arbiter for the game since the 19th century.,
Besides, allowing umpires to make bad calls offers fans of teams that suck the opportunity to point he finger for their team's losing record at umpires. Now, these poor souls will have no one to blame for their team being in the cellar other than the team they love.
Thanks for rolling over and ruining baseball, guys!!! - FeloniusMonkey, on 08/21/2008, -1/+4Watching our manager come running out (or hobbling out, in Charlie Manuel's case) of the dugout to contest a call is about as exciting as baseball typically gets. Guess we can kiss this goodbye. What's next... computerized resolution of fan debates, thus eliminating fights in the stands? P'SHAW!
- drunkmonkey01, on 08/21/2008, -0/+3Football replays are much harder than simply seeing if the ball went over the fence or not. Baseball replays will take 30 seconds max.
- inactive, on 08/21/2008, -0/+2Agreed. So many games are determined on an error by the Ump. So when this "slow" game has a botched call.. why wouldn't you want it corrected.
I wear a seatbelt when I drive my car. I haven't really needed it yet.. but the technology is present for me to use it if need be. - elshizzo, on 08/21/2008, -0/+2I gotta say, erich, that's the first good argument i've heard against instant replay.
- GregFD3S, on 08/21/2008, -1/+3Baseball has done fine for the past 150 years without it. Although I do think it is a good thing to have in the post-season.
- JFallon126, on 08/21/2008, -0/+2Just home runs? There are almost countless examples of when the difference between a hit driven down the line being fair or foul would change who won the game. Instant replay is really really good idea as long as its not overdone. And with these limitations I don't think it will.
- elshizzo, on 08/21/2008, -1/+3Yes, and it was tradition for women and blacks not to vote. I'm gonna get dugged down for saying that I know, but will you tradition-nuts get over yourself and stop trying to impede progress?
- Duncster, on 08/21/2008, -0/+2Yeah, Lou Pinella is going to be out of a job.
- MoralThreat, on 08/21/2008, -0/+2The Giants need a better line up.
- mizatt, on 08/21/2008, -1/+3Absolutely. Let's use a less efficient and quite frankly flawed method instead of using available technology so we can preserve jobs. Let's stop using cars too so rickshaw carriers can feed their families
- PrestonM, on 08/21/2008, -1/+3I hope for the record books sake that the first time it is used it will not be a lame play.
- t3hbagel, on 08/21/2008, -0/+2Amen. Tradition.
This is a sad day for baseball. - sgtbutterscotch, on 08/21/2008, -0/+2Now it is; besides they will still have stuff to argue about as the instant replay will only be used for "boundary calls."
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