Just watched the replay. The reaction by the Cleveland hitter was interesting. He knew he was out.
There has to be some replay. Challenge flags maybe but something. Missing a perfect game by a full step just seems too silly not to have some mechanism to overturn. Having said that, I want a replay mechanism that doesn't slow the game down. They need to get games to be quicker not slower. On Jun 3, 2010, at 12:17 AM, Tom Salemi wrote: > Well, yeah. There are 20 perfect games in baseball history. > > But the ultimate measure of an enforcement mechanism is whether or not it > disrupted the competitive balance of a game. It did not. > > > On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 11:37 PM, Ray Salemi <[email protected]> wrote: > I put the perfect game is much rarer than a win. I was watching and I was > psyched that I'd get to see the play. Nobody would be bitching if that call > cost them the game. > > So this is much worse than if it cost the team the game. > > I think the ump should have given the perfect game the benefit of the doubt. > But it seems that Joyce had no doubts about the call until he saw the replay. > > On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 10:13 PM, Tom Salemi <[email protected]> wrote: > Two points, first this error--while HUGE--did not impact the outcome of the > game. Just robbed someone of a personal and historic achievement. > > Second, I'd be fine with some limited instant reply on the bases. I just > don't like the idea of a computer calling balls and strikes. It'd be handing > over too much control of a game to a computer with a TV camera. > > There's a difference between using technology to support the umps and using > it to replace them. I can support the former, but not the latter. > > > > > On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 10:43 PM, Ray Salemi <[email protected]> wrote: > I was watching the play and thinking, "I hope this isn't a close play that > comes down to the Ump." My bad. > > Someone will have to tell my why having umps making "human mistakes" adds to > the game. > > > On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 9:34 PM, Tom Salemi <[email protected]> wrote: > I once attended a Cape Cod League game where a Yarmouth pitcher was denied > his second consecutive no-hitter by a blown call at 1b. > > And I thought THAT up was a big douchebag for blowing it. > > On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 10:31 PM, Larry Rupp <[email protected]> wrote: > The heat has been turned up uncomfortably now - instant reply can not be > ignored any longer. > > Sent from Larry's mobile device > > On Jun 2, 2010, at 10:08 PM, Matt & Olga McSorley <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> After Jim Joyce's catastrophe tonight, I'm off the fence and on board with >> Ray. 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