I would be amazed if they overturned the call. I'm not sure if this has ever been done, and I suspect that there have been cases similar to this in the past and certainly more egregious (see: Don Denkinger). The rationale is that it didn't affect the outcome of the game. Speaking of that, wouldn't it have been great to hear the pitcher say, 'Hey, I'm disappointed, sure, but glad we won the game'.....
And I would amend my earlier point about giving a manager a challenge or two during a game. I would say that a challenge could NOT be used to review balls and strikes calls, only plays in the field. And I would put a strict time limit on the review period, say 2 minutes from when the umps are ready for the tape to roll. That way, you'd have no more than, say, 4 minutes delay in a game. I would also add that any manager, coach or player that argues a call after a replay review, gets immediately ejected from the game. That would also move things along after a review. And I think this whole argument about 'no replay because it will slow down the games' is bogus anyways. I mean, games are so long anyways these days, if they were really concerned about it, they could add replay and also put in some rules about leaving the batters box, throws to first, paitchers stepping off, etc., to off-set any potential increase in game time due to replay reviews. Of course, the big question with all of this is, who would make the ultimate decision? The umpires in the field, or someone sitting in a booth somewhere? Is it a consensus, or does the crew chief make the call? What if it's a review of a call the crew chief made? Lots of questions to answer for sure, and this would really need to be reviewed carefully, as it will really change the nature of the game and, potentially, it's connection to the past. Dan D Central NJ USA ________________________________ From: Steve Gendron <[email protected]> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Sent: Thu, June 3, 2010 8:43:18 AM Subject: RE: Umpires That is interesting. In most cases, it is impossible to go back and change a call because you can't replay the game, but in this case, it would be possible. I doubt that MLB would do that though. They are probably worried about what the precedent of getting calls right would do to the game. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Red Sox Citizens" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/redsoxcitizens?hl=en.
