Proof Positive Why Baseball Needs Replay 0
Replay Will Cut Down On This.
The non-call at second base during Game One of the NLCS was another example of not using replays to make the right call.
Clearly Matt Holliday was past the bag, and he used a barrel roll into Marco Scutaro. Any competent umpire should have called runner interference, and ruled it a double play.
How could Rich Gedman be called for being out of the baseline (in 1988 ALCS) for what he did, when Holliday was past the bag when he started to slide?
He should have been ejected and banned from the next game.
One look at the replay and you could see he broke the rules. It was a dirty play. Umpires need to follow the rules, and then don’t.
If you looked at a replay you can tell in one look if he made the wrong call.
Just give each manager three chances a game to use instant replay.
If you get them all right, you can keep using them all game.
Each time a manager throws the red ball on the field he will be challenging a call. No need to argue, just toss the red ball and we all get to use instant replay.
The umpires will turn and everyone in the park will watch the big screen and in 10 seconds there will be four angles of the questionable play, and at the end of ten seconds the ball, glove, and player will be frozen on the screen.
The umpire will either raise his hand in an out signal or signal safe with both hands.
