Instant Replay In Effect Thursday

by SoxDevil on Aug 27, 2008 12:46 PM EDT Comment 1 comment

Replay will go into use with three series scheduled to open Thursday: Philadelphia at the Chicago Cubs, Minnesota at Oakland and Texas at the Los Angeles Angels. For other games, replays will be available to umpires starting Friday.

For the initial deployment, Instant Replay will only be used to help Home Run rulings.

I'm all for this as long as the replay officials can keep the interruptions brief. For opponents who argue that this will cause games to be intolerably long, I have a suggestion: speed up pitching changes.

What's your take?

Poll

How do you feel about instant replay going into effect for boundary calls?

It's about time!

51 votes

Instant replay destroys the "human element" and offends my delicate sensibilities.

7 votes

Zzzzz... what, huh? Sorry I fell asleep during an instant replay.

8 votes

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I don't get it

I don’t see how we can keep expecting the umpires to see where a ball bounces with an inch threshold from over 200-300 feet away. That is unrealistic.

by drabidea on Aug 27, 2008 12:55 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs