Baseball could possibly use video replay similar to football each manager could get 2 chances per game to dispute a call and go to the video tape.Give 1 minute to resolve issue because baseball is slow enough.Of course you can not dispute balls and strikes.
2007-05-25 04:17:47 · 12 answers · asked by CAPTAINKNOWLEDGE 1 in Sports ➔ Baseball
In VERY rare situations only, and a limited number of times per game (perhaps ONE, and it gets refunded if the challenge is successful). Balls and strikes should never be subject to replay.
When there's a home run situation (foul pole? yellow line?) involved, I say there's no harm to it. It's better to have the call made correctly right there than to have it debated for years. It's quick and easy. I'm as big a fan as anyone of "baseball the way it should be," but this is one situation where it's just best to have the call correct.
There are a few others where it might be good to have the replay.
There's fair vs. foul (use a system similar to tennis, it works INSTANTLY and does not delay the game at all). The only problem there is if an umpire rules the ball foul, and it turns out to be fair - what do you do about the baserunners? How many bases are awarded, and how is that determined?
Catch on the fly vs. catch on the bounce - again, easy to call it, hard to determine where baserunners go. That's the problem.
Tagging up - left the base early? This is an appeal play anyway, and can be determined after the play. Very rare, but very easy to see on the replay. Can't hurt, and they get the call right. This could be said of any play that could be appealed.
Home run vs. ball in play? Easy call on replay, and easy to determine what to do with the baserunners. The play can survive if the determination is not made immediately. Get the call right - that's the most important thing.
In fact, there was one incident a few years ago in which an umpire went to a nearby TV camera to check the replay (there was no rule against it) to make sure of his call relating to a home run. He wanted to get the call right. The league office, later on, asked umpires not to do that again.
I say institute a replay for home run vs. ball in play vs. foul ball calls. They're so rare, but so significant. The same can be said about appeal plays. Using replay won't delay the game for too long, and it'll leave no questions unanswered.
Umpires are human, and when there are runners on base, there are many things happening at the same time. They can't always see everything. If I was an umpire, I think I'd prefer to know immediately whether I got the call right, rather than to go down in history as "that umpire that blew the call in Game Seven and took the game out of their hands."
For as rarely as the replay would be used, I don't think it can hurt too badly to try it, maybe in spring training one year. It wouldn't slow the game down much; these are generally easy calls.
Again, I love old-fashioned baseball and baseball history. I take an old-school stance on almost any baseball issue. But in this case, the tools are there, and it's not as drastic a change as it may seem. Use the tools. It can't really do any harm, and it'll be a fair way to do things.
2007-05-25 05:23:42 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, because it will take away alot of character from the game which has been involved in it for over a hunderd years. Such as an ump making a bad call which can turn a game around. Baseball is a game where the officials can determine the outcome of a game unlike any other sport. The replay would just ruin that.
2016-03-12 23:40:08 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
NO!! The games are long enough as it is. Video replay would just make games long and boring. I like things the way they are. Umpires miss some calls, but, for the most part, they are right on!!
Chow!!
2007-05-25 05:28:44 · answer #3 · answered by No one 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not going to pretend to have a justified, scientific, absolute answer. I'll just say that it seems wrong. It doesn't sit well with me, whereas I have no problem with it in football or hockey. I think because baseball is a more slow-paced game, that doesn't deal with time limits and clocks, it just seems wrong.
You definitely don't want to make baseball any slower or longer than it is.
2007-05-25 04:39:50 · answer #4 · answered by Countdown 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
NO
The game is already long enough. What fun would it be if each call was right? We would have nothing to scream at the TV or the umpires for.
2007-05-25 08:44:44 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
NO, human error is part of the game, always has been lets keep it that way.
2007-05-25 05:35:16 · answer #6 · answered by D 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Games are already TOO long.
2007-05-25 04:25:17 · answer #7 · answered by Defunct 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
For Homeruns only.... No other calls.
2007-05-25 04:42:34 · answer #8 · answered by birdswitharms 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, leave the game as it is.
2007-05-25 04:24:34 · answer #9 · answered by Sharon S 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO!!!!!!!!
It would take everything away from the game!
2007-05-25 10:13:17 · answer #10 · answered by JAS33 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋