MLB seriously needs to overhaul instant replay
Why does baseball refuse to step into the 21st century? We have so much technology that could potentially guarantee that the right calls are made 100% of the time but for some odd reason MLB refuses to implement the technology.
I understand that baseball purists love the human element of the game, but so many mistakes have been made by the umpires that it’s destroying the game. The price baseball has paid for the human element is well documented. Off the top of my head, umpires have ruined what would have been a perfect game (Jim Joyce calling the 27th batter safe at first base when he was clearly out). They ruined the momentum of a dangerous Pirates team last year (Jerry Meals calls a base runner safe at home plate when he was out by 5 feet in the 19th inning).
The playoffs this year have been no different. The Yankees vs. Tigers series has been marred with umpire botches. Yes, the Yankees are playing terrible baseball right now and are being completely outplayed by the Tigers, but the calls by the umpires have not been helping their cause. Robinson Cano gets called out at 1st in the 1st game with the bases loaded on a bang-bang play that frankly, looked safe. In game 3, Cano tags out a runner at 2nd base but doesn’t get the call in his favor. This leads to two more runs. Who knows where this series would be if the human element was taken out of the equation.
Baseball seriously needs to reconsider their stance on instant replay. Hell, Baseball’s dad, cricket, has embraced instant replay. There’s really a simple solution to the problem. Hire a 5th umpire and have him sit in a secluded room with some equipment. Give each team 3 reviews that they can use on anything. Once your side is out of reviews, your team cannot dispute the on field calls. This would not add any significant amount of time to the already lengthy games. It might even shorten games because managers could just review a call instead of taking 20 minutes arguing with an umpire about how he missed a call.
I understand that this rant makes me look like a disgruntled Yankee fan but I assure you that I am a huge baseball fan before I am a Yankee fan. I rather see the right calls being made in important situations, even if they go against my team.
A couple blown calls, but the Tigers are dominating this series. 7-1 in Game 4. Yankees didn't even show up.
Yea. There is no denying that the Yankees were completely outplayed by the Tigers in this series. At the end of the day you never want to be left with a 'what-if' feeling at the end of such an important series. Either way, hopefully the Tigers can win the big one and finally put an end to the NL's 2 year winning streak.
I'm a huge Tigers fan (Hell yes! Let's do this!), but I agree... I would like instant replay. Screw the human element... I like the human element when it comes to the players, NOT the umpires and when it affects the outcome of the game. That Jim Joyce call was against a Tiger at the time too... Armando Galarraga. Would have been the first perfect game that I've ever watched from beginning to end -__-
Here's a gif of Infante when he hears that "safe" call you mentioned after being out by a mile
lulz
face of disappointment... leg crosses his face... whaaaaa?
and really, that got us our first run in that game, but we did end up shutting them out... I think either way Yanks were going to lose the series. If anybody should complain, it should be whoever the Tigers are facing in the World Series seeing as we've got time to rest our pitchers who are just tearing it up right now.
Lol, Infante probably realized that Leyland was going to tear him a new asshole after that base running mistake. Little did he know, he was about to another chance. Also, you're right. I think the Yankees lose this regardless of the blown calls (offense was horrible in both series they played)...but you never want to be left with a what if type situation.
Jeffrey Maier ruined my childhood
Look at tennis: you can challenge a call and if you're wrong you get punished for being a punk. It keeps everyone honest and there's a certain gratification in proving that you're being screwed. Philisophically, baseball is the 'American Sport' .....why would not our national pastime recieve the benefit of the same technology that every other sphere of life here benefits from?
For a long time the argument has been that human error works both ways and it all comes out in the wash. I'm not sure that's true anymore, even though it made sense for a while. These guys are supposed to be the best of the best, and they're blowing it.
That being said, would instant replay allow for arguing balls and strikes? That would slow down the game tremendously. I think it makes sense to have a review for runners on base/run-scoring plays, but not for that.
Thoughts?
The penaly system can be complicated, such as recieving a strike for challenging a ball/strike call or some variation thereof...but this probably is too radical a change. The simpler option would be minimalistic, such as losing one of the times they can challenge: ie, hypothetically, you get three chances per game to challenge a call. If you're right, you can still only challenge two more calls. If you're wrong, you not only have used your challenge card, you lose another one and can only challenge one more call. There HAS to be a check on this, because you're right, people would turn a .....GAME AND FORM OF ENTERTAINMENT..... into a bickering contest.
ONE challenge per game, that cannot be used to argue balls and strikes. This would limit its use to only the most egregious offenses and not cause games to drag on any longer than they already do. Imagine how long Yankees-Red Sox games would go if each side had 3 challenges? 5 hours!
I agree, soccer also needs to get in on this (so many goals called "offside" that are actually fair and vice versa plus the concept of stoppage time is completely idiotic in today's day and age with digital clocks). I know some people dislike it because it ruins the "tradition" of the game, but tennis is about as traditional of a sport there is and even they are embracing this technology; I think it's time FIFA and MLB follow suit.
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