Sunday, November 11, 2007
Is it about time, or not?
So it’s about time, or is it? Major League Baseball is finally considering to put the instant replay into their league. In doing this they could change key calls like the one this year that decided who got the last playoff spot in the National League. The game was between the San Diego Padres and the Colorado Rockies. There was a questionable call at the end of the game when there was a play at the plate and the player clearly didn’t touch the plate but was called safe. They showed this replay multiple times and the more we saw it the more we realized that there was no way that he was safe and the more we realized how much of a mistake the umpire made. Adding the instant replay is a huge controversy and I personally am against adding it, for many reasons. The main reason is it would take away from what baseball really is, which is a judgment game and it is all about instinct. If they were too add this it would take away from having to have umpires because you could basically just say let’s let the play happen and then we will look at the video to see of he was out or not. Also, how would they decide when they could challenge? Would there be an additional umpire added just for instant replay because there is so much time in between plays that the coaches would have so much time to decide if they would want to challenge it or not. Also, how would they be told to challenge it? Would they put TV’s on the bench or would someone watching the game in the clubhouse have to come tell them. I think this would change the game of baseball way too much and it should not be added to the game of baseball.
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