TV replay certainly could have avoided some disasters throughout the
history of baseball. The bad call against the Cardinals in the 1985
National League Series comes to mind. Of course as Red Sox fans we owe
the entire 2004 World Series to the ability of the umpires to reverse
two bad calls that went against our beloved Red Sox. In Game 6, the
Bellhorn Homerun that was first called a double, and then later the Arod
*****-slap of Bronson Arroyo. Those two calls would have most likely
given the Yankees the game and the series. We owe those umpires a big
debt of gratitude. One of my all time favorite memories of that
post-season was when that umpire lifted his arm and called Arod out at
second base.
On the other hand, part of me hates to see the imperfect nature of
baseball done away with. Sometimes a call goes against you, and
sometimes it saves you. Baseball is unique from the other major s****ts.
Unlike all the other team s****ts, there is no clock and it is the only
s****t where the defense has the ball. I hope that it doesn't become too
machine like. Why have humans at all? We could just have those
Japanese robots I saw on television. They could better call a
consistent strike zone. I love the system of video replays in football.
It perfectly balances the risk/reward of a coach throwing the yellow
flag to challenge a call. Win the challenge, retain your time outs.
Lose the challenge, lose one of your time outs. I just don't know if I
am going to love this in baseball.
What are your thoughts on this?
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