As Shepherd Smith said today on his Fox news show the seven hour Red Sox Yankees games are here. He was commenting on the fact that instant replay would be expanded next year for major league baseball. Leave it to Bud Selig to make the games slower and longer. Most responses I heard support instant replay. Get the call right that's all that matters. But you do not get to challenge balls and strikes just were most games are decided by the umpire. Each manager will get three challenges. Can you imagine the new TV coach sitting in the clubhouse watching the game sending messages to the manager on whether to challenge the call. Managers will not challenge until they get the approval of the TV coach. So the runner who thinks he beats a throw to first will stumble fake an injury and cry on the shoulder of the coach until the TV coach has a chance to review the replay. Players make errors, umpires make mistakes and have done it for years. That's the game. We don't live in a perfect world!
Look what is done for football. Isn't it great. Nobody knows what a completed pass is anymore.
Homer Sweeney
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