Ok, let's say you're at a baseball game. The batter hits into a double play, but the pitcher catches the relay throw from the second baseman. However the umpire STILL calls the runner out!
I just described a real play from the Texas-Seattle game just the other day. If the umpires at that game had gone to use instant replay on that play, that runner would've been safe. My point? MLB NEEDS INSTANT REPLAY! The NFL and NBA both use it on questionable calls, so why doesn't the MLB?
The MLB does use it on home run calls, so why not expand it? Maybe they can try what the NFL does and give the managers some sort of "challenges" to use on a blown call. All the umps would need to do is:
1. Get together in their replay room
2. Take 30 seconds to look at the play in question
3. Return to the field to make the correct call
In fact, I think that's what ALL sports should do, not just MLB. All the refs need to do is take a few seconds to look at the play and make the call, not take 20 minutes or more or make a phone call to a city that could be hundreds of miles away just to make that same call on the field. It's that simple!
Remember when umpire Jim Joyce blew the call that would've given Detroit Pitcher Andres Galarraga a perfect game? Had he used replay then, the perfect game would've happened. I could name many more plays that could've used instant replay.
All I'm saying is that MLB should use replay more often. It would make the game a whole lot better.
UPDATE: Looks like the folks at MLB read this post, for the owners have decided to move ahead and adopt new instant replay rules for the 2014 season. Speaking with replay, shouldn't the refs of the Pats-Panthers game looked at the last play in the booth? I thought all turnovers were reviewed.
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