Instant replay hasn’t made it’s way into baseball–yet–and I think it’s time has come. And if I had it my way, this is how I’d do it, using the NFL version as a model:
* Each team gets only one opportunity to use instant replay per game, no matter how many innings it goes.
* If the team challenges a call–but the call is not reversed–the challenging team loses one out
that inning. And if the play in question would be the inning’s third out–or if the challenging team is pitching–tInstant replay hasn’t made it’s way into baseball–yet–and I think it’s time has come. And if I had it my way, this is how I’d do it, using the NFL version as a model:
* Each team gets only one opportunity to use instant replay per game, no matter how many innings it goes.
* If the team challenges a call–but the call is not reversed–the challenging team loses one out
that inning. And if the play in question would be the inning’s third out–or if the challenging team is pitching–then the challenging team would lose its first out the next time it comes to bat.
* The umpires have two minutes–120 seconds–to reverse the call. If they can’t conclusively decide in that time, the play stands.
* Instant replay would be used for:
* fair or foul for a batted ball
* safe or out (making a tag or race to the bag)
* home run/vs. batted ball off the top of the wall
* Instant replay would [i]not[/i] be used for:
* balls and strikes
* balks
* interference plays
So that’s my version of instant replay in baseball. What do you think?
