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MLB Umpires Mistake Shane Victorino Foul Ball For A Home Run
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God Wants You To Use Instant Replay, Bud Selig
8/6/08
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I'm sure most of you are familiar with the fact that there's been an abnormally high number of home run (or non-home run) calls in MLB this year that the umps have gotten utterly and completely wrong.
That's of course partly the reason why MLB is currently testing out instant replay this month. And you won't believe what happened during the first game of testing.
Yep, yet another botched home run call.
The first night Major League Baseball tested instant-replay equipment at Citizens Bank Park, it had a controversial home-run ball in the seventh inning in the Phillies' 8-2 loss to the Florida Marlins.
Shane Victorino's two-run homer off Renyel Pinto looked foul on instant replay. Third base umpire Dale Scott called the ball fair and the umpires conferred after the Marlins protested. But the call stood, cutting the Marlins' lead to 4-2. Scott acknowledged after the game that the ball was foul.
Unfortunately for the Marlins, MLB was testing the equipment it could use in the future only to see how it works. In other words, umpires had no opportunity to run to a TV screen to check it out.
Shane Victorino's two-run homer off Renyel Pinto looked foul on instant replay. Third base umpire Dale Scott called the ball fair and the umpires conferred after the Marlins protested. But the call stood, cutting the Marlins' lead to 4-2. Scott acknowledged after the game that the ball was foul.
Unfortunately for the Marlins, MLB was testing the equipment it could use in the future only to see how it works. In other words, umpires had no opportunity to run to a TV screen to check it out.
And while the picture I have above (courtesy of The Sporting Blog) looks like it was a tough call to make, it really wasn't - as you can see from this video here.
Of course, one question is, what the hell are testing for? Considering the TV camera was able to pick up how badly the umps screwed up this call I'd have to imagine it wouldn't be too hard for MLB to just start start using instant replay right away. This isn't rocket science for crying out loud.
Oh, sweet MLB instant play irony [The Sporting Blog]
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