August 06, 2008
This is Only a Test
Via FishStripes, MLB was almost ready for controversy last night:
The first night Major League Baseball tested instant-replay equipment at Citizens Bank Park, it had a controversial home-run ball in the seventh inning in the Phillies' 8-2 loss to the Florida Marlins.
Shane Victorino's two-run homer off Renyel Pinto looked foul on instant replay. Third base umpire Dale Scott called the ball fair and the umpires conferred after the Marlins protested. But the call stood, cutting the Marlins' lead to 4-2. Scott acknowledged after the game that the ball was foul.
Unfortunately for the Marlins, MLB was testing the equipment it could use in the future only to see how it works. In other words, umpires had no opportunity to run to a TV screen to check it out.
I saw the play, and I think the umps were fooled by the way the ball rebounded off the back wall into fair territory. Luckily for all involved, it didn't cost the Marlins the game.
Posted by David Pinto at
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