Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
August 26, 2008
Let's Go to the Video Tape

Baseball announced the implementation of instant replay starts with the next set of series. Three games will use it on Thursday, then all games on Friday:

For now, video will be used only on so-called "boundary calls," such as determining whether fly balls went over the fence, whether potential home runs were fair or foul and whether there was fan interference on potential home runs.

I thought this was rather humorous coming from the man who implemented the wild card and interleague play:

"Like everything else in life, there are times that you have to make an adjustment," baseball commissioner Bud Selig said following Tuesday's announcement. "My opposition to unlimited instant replay is still very much in play. I really think that the game has prospered for well over a century now doing things the way we did it."

People need to remember replay will not be perfect. I've seen runners look safe on one angle and out on another. It will, however, be better than just the umpire alone. I hope they did their best to get all the bugs out of the system.


Posted by David Pinto at 07:46 PM | Umpires | TrackBack (0)
Comments

The Selig-hate is showing. Bud actually agrees with David that baseball shouldn't use unlimited replay. But David drubs Bud anyway. It's gotten almost Pavlovian.

Posted by: Casey Abell at August 27, 2008 08:19 AM

who was the sports announcer that always said, "Let's go to the video tape"?

Posted by: art at September 3, 2008 08:51 AM

It was Warner Wolf.

Posted by: David Pinto at September 3, 2008 09:15 AM
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