Comments on: Upon Further Review; Time For More Replay In Baseball http://metsmerizedonline.com/2011/04/upon-further-review-time-for-more-replay-in-baseball.html Thu, 20 Jun 2013 02:49:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Drew http://metsmerizedonline.com/2011/04/upon-further-review-time-for-more-replay-in-baseball.html#comment-150372 Drew Fri, 29 Apr 2011 06:15:36 +0000 http://metsmerizedonline.com/?p=49288#comment-150372 I like the idea of expanding the use of replay so long as it doesn’t affect balls/strikes calls. As far as how to use replay, how about instituting a Challenge system? Since Major League Baseball doesn’t have the “time outs” that the NFL has (where there’s a limit, each team gets the same amount, etc), how about this:
1st Incorrect challenge: No coaching visits to the mound in the next (or current) inning for the challenging team.
2nd Incorrect challenge: Manager is ejected.

If you get 75 challenges correct in a game, you can challenge 75 times (or 77 and get the last one wrong). Have a 5th umpire upstairs as an impartial judge who handles the rulings. The 2nd Incorrect=ejection for challenges is pretty much what’s going to happen if a manager challenges the umpire by coming out of the dugout to challenge 2 calls anyway, so it’s a fair penalty IMHO.

]]> By: francis http://metsmerizedonline.com/2011/04/upon-further-review-time-for-more-replay-in-baseball.html#comment-150351 francis Fri, 29 Apr 2011 02:44:53 +0000 http://metsmerizedonline.com/?p=49288#comment-150351 the crew chief should have the discretion to use replay on any call.

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