Debate: Instant replay in Baseball

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Should instant replay call reviews be implemented in Baseball?

Background and context

For years, many fans and followers and officials in baseball have considered introducing instant replay into to baseball, with the idea of making calls more accurate, and reducing the number of mistakes made by umpires. During the 2009 World Series, a number of controversial calls have increased these calls for instant replay, with such articles as "Thomas Boswell. "The right call: More replays." Washington Times. November 10th, 2009.

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For baseball: Does instant replay lend itself well to instant replay?

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Pro

• Baseball lends itself particularly well to instant-replay. Thomas Boswell. "The right call: More replays." Washington Times. November 10th, 2009: "how long did it take for millions of viewers, partisans in bars and TV announcers to know what the correct call should be? Often, they knew within 20 seconds and almost always within a minute. Has even one controversial play this October required the five, six or seven minutes that NFL replays frequently take? No, I don't think so. [...] Baseball fears that it will adopt replay and inherit the problems of the NFL. Far more likely, it would discover that replay is much better suited to baseball -- both in accuracy and speed -- than any other sport."

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Con

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Instant-replay ump: Should baseball have a dedicated instant replay umpire?

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Pro

• Baseball should have a dedicated instant replay umpire. Thomas Boswell. "The right call: More replays." Washington Times. November 10th, 2009: "there should be an extra umpire in a TV booth who communicates with the chief ump on the field. And that extra ump should have the authority, if he deems it necessary, to review any close or controversial play."

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Pro/con sources

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Pro

• Thomas Boswell. "The right call: More replays." Washington Times. November 10th, 2009

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See also

• Debate: Instant replay and challenge systems in sports
• Debate: Instant replay and challenge system in American football
• Debate: Shot spot and challenge system in tennis

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