MVN: Most Valuable Network

#1

Posted by Tim Daloisio, May 19, 2008 12:13 AM

I am very much in favor of fair/foul, over/under for home runs only. On balls in play (like a line drive down the line) I don't think you should allow challenges as there is no way to play the play out to it's conclusion. The same can be said for plays at first. And balls/strikes should be 100% computerized before there is any "replay" involvement. And that should happen....never!

I would add HBP as a potential reviewable item however...

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#2

Posted by Chops, May 19, 2008 12:42 AM

No! No! No!

Instant replay has not helped football - it's just become another uncertainty - and it would hurt baseball by driving away fans and making the game less and less like something boys play in a sandlot and more and more like something CEO's do in a boardroom.

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#3

Posted by Craig, May 19, 2008 1:05 PM

I'm a fan of instant replay. I think it should be used for fair/foul & over/under the wall situations only. Balls and strikes should be continued to balled by the umps. Each manager should have 1 instant replay call a game and they can pick and chose when they use it. Just my 2 cents......

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#4

Posted by Tim Daloisio, May 19, 2008 1:23 PM

I'll add that it should only be at the umps discretion...not at the managers....

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#5

Posted by Shane, May 19, 2008 1:37 PM

Like others have mention, I think instant replay should be limited to fair/foul, over the wall/not calls. But I wouldn't mind safe/out calls being challenged if it was part of a limited system. Give a manager one challenge a game, if he wants to debate a safe or not call (only when the bases are empty?) he can do so, but then that is it. Balls and strikes are off limits. I'd ultimately be satisfied if it was just fair/foul/hr/off the wall.

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#6

Posted by Evan Brunell, May 19, 2008 2:15 PM

It absolutely has to be at the umpire's discretion... I don't think safe/out calls should be part of instant replay. As for over/under the wall, if it's ruled under the wall and they signaled over, and it was actually under, who's to say Jacoby couldn't have gotten a triple? Who's to say Papi could have legged it to second?

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#7

Posted by Zach Hayes, May 19, 2008 4:38 PM

I'd be in favor of instant replay of fair/foul and out/safe on the bases. It would take like 20 seconds longer and we'd make sure all the calls are correct. We need this.

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#8

Posted by Tom A, May 19, 2008 5:17 PM

I think over/under wall and fair/foul on HRs are the only way to use this. I'd say these are the football equivalent of replay on field goals. Otherwise I'd say that baseball replay would bring an admittedly slow game to a grinding halt.

Should totally be at the umpire's discretion too.

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#9

Posted by gerry, May 19, 2008 9:58 PM

Instant replay would rarely make a difference in a game. It would forever change the game, and once it has begun, it is a slippery slope to challenging balls and strikes. I like Chops answer. Keep it sandlot style. Keep it human.

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