I agree. It would set a very bad precedent. Unfortunately, due to the nature of the game, it is not as easy to use instant replay for baseball as it is for football.
On a side note. The NFL has had instant replay for many years and there are still blown calls...even after reviewing them, so no system is perfect. On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 9:52 AM, Jacob <[email protected]> wrote: > > If Selig would have overturned the call for the perfect game, then he would > have had to overturn the "check swing" call in the Houston/Washington game > on Tuesday. That blown call cost Washington the game. > > I was with Selig on this not to overturn the call, especially for a personal > accomplishment.. where would you draw the line? > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ray Champagne [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2010 12:58 PM > To: cf-community > Subject: Re: Perfect Game Lost on Blown Call. > > > Here is another question that I and a die-hard baseball co-worker were > debating this morning.... > > should Selig's office overturn the official's decision? I know it is > incredibly unprecedented, but the evidence is so clear that no one is > arguing that it should have been a perfect game. What's wrong with > overturning precedent when the situation seems to scream for it? > > On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 1:56 PM, G Money <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> God I hope not. >> >> baseball is long enough as it is. >> >> On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 1:54 PM, Jerry Barnes <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > >> > Could be the play that brings full instant replay to baseball. >> > >> > >> > >> >> > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:320197 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
