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| Baseball's Instant Replay "Box" |
As I wrote in December (MLB News: Proposed Labor Deal Includes Expanded Instant Replay), the new CBA indicated a desire to expand instant replay to include Fair/Foul, Catch/No Catch (Catch/Trap) and Stadium-wide Spectator Interference calls (the present model only allows for instant replay when the spectator interference occurs in fair territory where it might interfere with a home run).
According to the UEFL's August 2011 poll, 36 percent of UEFL'ers were in support of Fair/Foul replay, 30 percent supported Catch/No Catch and 68 percent supported spectator interference.
At the time of this post's publishing, no other sources have confirmed nor denied this anonymous account; as such, this is being posted under the heading of Unconfirmed Rumor. This is the first we at the UEFL have heard regarding possible instant replay expansion since 2011 and it is the first we have heard regarding MLB potentially not expanding replay after all.
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Earlier this week, MLB umpire Ron Kulpa spoke at my baseball organization meeting. He stated the biggest issue with instant replay is how to decide to use it and how it will be reviewed. It appears these issues couldn't be resolved in time.
Bud Selig at ChiFest (Chicago White Sox Fan Fest) was saying how big of a proponent he was of expanded replay, how he wanted to get it done—he also said that he was virtually the only person in baseball who wanted a three-game Wild Card playoff, as opposed to a single play-in game.
Human element, technological advances, whatever. Just make a call and run with it.
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