MLB replay is already faulty...

scotty216brs said:

Yeah that was pretty pathetic...should have been overturned. Sadly this is not the only instance of a replay challenge being called incorrectly. The replay system as a whole has been an incredible failure and honestly it should be taken out as a whole because it just does not work. Having replays for home runs is fine, but nothing good has come from the replay system, it needs to go.

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ChasHawk said:

There was a graph on sports center today.

About 30% of replay challenges so far this season have been overturned.

That means mlb umps are wrong on nearly 1/3 of close call plays...yikes

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thelesquad said:

That's implying the unchallenged plays aren't close calls or they're wrong on nearly 1/3 of those as well.

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Pine Tar said:

There was akother gaff again today in the Whitesox game. Napoli was pulled off first on a play and they reviewed it and said the runner (whitesox # 42) everyone is wearing 42. Anyway they said the runner was still out at first. But replay shows his was safe.

I hate replay for close plays at first.

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Brewer Andy said:

Just watched that one and going by the "conclusive proof needed to overturn a call" line, I don't think I would have changed that call either. On the replays it wasn't obvious enough when the ball was in the 1B glove to overturn. The one angle that Steve Stone referred to as the "clearly off the base" camera shot you couldn't even see the fielders glove so it isn't as obvious as the "home team" announcers made it sound either. In my opinion anyway

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Bootstraps9 said:

Agree 100%. I've seen that multiple times now with announcers. They say look his foot is clearly off the bag, the runner is safe! And the glove is either out of frame or directly behind the player. Some (most) announcers don't realize how homer they are.

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vwnut13 said:

The NESN announcers dais he was safe.

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