Should MLB Have Instant Replay?

• ernest_t_bass

  

  I say no. Human element, deal with it. Last night's Pirate/Braves call looks like a terrible call when you watch it 1 million times, but I can understand why the umpire made it.... it looked like an Olé tag.
  
  No, no replay.
• Ironman92

  

  Kansas
• Ironman92

  

  Leave It To Beaver
• ernest_t_bass

  

  Ironman92;843394 wrote:Kansas

  
  WTF? Huh?
• Ironman92

  

  Maroon
• Ironman92

  

  lulz
  
  tl;dr
  
  smh
• Ironman92

  

  Chevy Cobalt
• ernest_t_bass

  

  Come on, Ironman. You're a baseball guy.
• Ironman92

  

  bitch tit
• gorocks99

  

  Ironman92;843406 wrote:bitch tit

  
  I disagree.
• earwig

  gorocks99;843407 wrote:I disagree.

  +0.5
• Ironman92

  

  HE WAS OUT.....
  
  An umpires job is to not take away from the game.....a 19 inning game is borderline historic (yet typically games of such involve horrid hitting for HR to end the game).....this umpire over-thought it and ended a potentially historic game....who knows when it would've ended but he took the most important element away from a 6 1/2 hour game.
  
  I have no problem with a 5th umpire being upstairs watching the tv to overrule such blatant wrongness.
• Ironman92

  

  Mead Paper Mill
• ernest_t_bass

  

  I see nothing in any of the angles that I have seen that make it conclusive. I think he was out, but I would not bet $$$ on it.
• Ironman92

  

  I love Jacques Cousteau.
• Heretic

  

  ernest_t_bass;843389 wrote:I say no. Human element, deal with it. Last night's Pirate/Braves call looks like a terrible call when you watch it 1 million times, but I can understand why the umpire made it.... it looked like an Olé tag.
  
  No, no replay.

  
  I hate the "human element" argument. It's basically the same as saying, "Mistakes have been made in the past and doing something to prevent that would be going against tradition, so mistakes will continue to be made!"
• Ironman92

  

  You don't end the game on I think he missed him.....you end it on I know he missed him. I don't understand what you guys are looking at on the view from Meals....glove is on pants leg and there is not gap between. He is out and every freaking person in the stadium knew it except the one who called it. Awesome.
• queencitybuckeye

  Why would one prefer the "human element" for a wrong call as opposed to getting it right?
• Ironman92

  

  + threeve
• Ironman92

  

  Have 5th umpire upstairs and let each manager have 2 protest calls.....miss the first one and you lose the 2nd one.
• ernest_t_bass

  

  Ironman92;843420 wrote:You don't end the game on I think he missed him.....you end it on I know he missed him.

  
  Then why do you end the game on, "I think he got him?" That argument can be made either way.
• dlazz

  Did you know there's a Pro Sports forum?
  
  http://www.ohiochatter.com/forum/forums/7-Pro-Sports
  
  
  Now you do. And this thread can be locked and/or deleted.
  
  Thanks.
• namod65

  

  Yes baseball needs to get replay, for calls around the bases. Remember last year when Armando Galarraga lost his perfect game due to a blown call that was obvious when replayed? Then you have instances like last night occurring more and more often.
  
  They also need to realign the league into two divisions like the NBA so the wildcard spot doesn't automatically go to the second place team in the AL East every year. Then they need to change the rules so both the divisions are playing with the same god damn rules. Either get rid of the DH, or make everyone use one, I don't care either way. I just can't believe that the sport has gone this far without both leagues using the same rules. And then they need to change the way home field is determined in the World Series. Right now it is just a joke. Seriously? Home field is determined by who ever wins an exhibition game where the players are focusing on not getting hurt before winning. REALLY?
  
  Baseball is such a joke right now. Ugh I can't wait for football to get here.
• Glory Days

  

  I dont mind replay, but it wont help in this situation and shouldnt be used to tag outs.
  

  Ironman92;843420 wrote:You don't end the game on I think he missed him.....you end it on I know he missed him. I don't understand what you guys are looking at on the view from Meals....glove is on pants leg and there is not gap between. He is out and every freaking person in the stadium knew it except the one who called it. Awesome.

  
  there is not one replay angle that shows no gap between the glove and his leg. Meals had a better angle than any camera(which is surprising because most times the umps arent in a good spot) look for the catchers glove to move as he swipes, it doesnt.
• ernest_t_bass

  

  dlazz;843571 wrote:Did you know there's a Pro Sports forum?
  
  http://www.ohiochatter.com/forum/forums/7-Pro-Sports
  
  
  Now you do. And this thread can be locked and/or deleted.
  
  Thanks.

  
  Mods, will someone either move this thread or have dlazz murdered? Either/or, doesn't matter to me.