Shane Victorino ejected from CF

[Banedon]

I have never seen a season has horrendously called as this year. Which means full blow instant replay will be coming very soon.

 

It would be just like Bud and MLB to make one stupid move to cover up another.

 

Yes, because implimenting a system to ensure that the correct call is always made is such a horrible thing.

 

Constant delays are.

 

There are delays when the call is argued and players/managers are ejected. You just limit instant replay so its not used for every play.

[Derwood]

Replay might be tolerable if each park had a replay official. I don't like the idea of the crew chief having to overturn his own call

[bukie]

If we're truly interested in getting calls right while not prolonging the game too extensively, this is what I'd like to see done:

 

- All ball/strike calls are made electronically. The home plate ump's job is to determine when the ball hit the bat, the player, or the dirt (on case of dropped 3rd strikes and such) and plays at the plate and that's it.

- A challenge system is implemented for fair/foul calls and in/out of the park calls similar to tennis. The result is immediately provided electronically to the umpires via one of the many screens at the park. In cases where the umpire initially calls a dead ball play (foul ball or home run) that is reversed to a live ball result (fair ball in play), the result is determined by standard rulings (reversed home run is a ground rule double, deep outfield fair ball is a ground rule double, shallow outfield fair ball is a ground rule single, etc).

- Umpires still make judgment calls on tag plays, catches and base plays.

[Banedon]

If we're truly interested in getting calls right while not prolonging the game too extensively, this is what I'd like to see done:

 

- All ball/strike calls are made electronically. The home plate ump's job is to determine when the ball hit the bat, the player, or the dirt (on case of dropped 3rd strikes and such) and plays at the plate and that's it.

- A challenge system is implemented for fair/foul calls and in/out of the park calls similar to tennis. The result is immediately provided electronically to the umpires via one of the many screens at the park. In cases where the umpire initially calls a dead ball play (foul ball or home run) that is reversed to a live ball result (fair ball in play), the result is determined by standard rulings (reversed home run is a ground rule double, deep outfield fair ball is a ground rule double, shallow outfield fair ball is a ground rule single, etc).

- Umpires still make judgment calls on tag plays, catches and base plays.

 

I like the rest of what you said, but I think the bolded would be pretty difficult. There'd have to be split second decision making on challenges.

[bukie]

If we're truly interested in getting calls right while not prolonging the game too extensively, this is what I'd like to see done:

 

- All ball/strike calls are made electronically. The home plate ump's job is to determine when the ball hit the bat, the player, or the dirt (on case of dropped 3rd strikes and such) and plays at the plate and that's it.

- A challenge system is implemented for fair/foul calls and in/out of the park calls similar to tennis. The result is immediately provided electronically to the umpires via one of the many screens at the park. In cases where the umpire initially calls a dead ball play (foul ball or home run) that is reversed to a live ball result (fair ball in play), the result is determined by standard rulings (reversed home run is a ground rule double, deep outfield fair ball is a ground rule double, shallow outfield fair ball is a ground rule single, etc).

- Umpires still make judgment calls on tag plays, catches and base plays.

 

I like the rest of what you said, but I think the bolded would be pretty difficult. There'd have to be split second decision making on challenges.

The only other alternative would be to treat all close calls as fair balls and force teams to challenge to get foul rulings right. Well, either that or a "do over" (which is what they do in tennis).