Does Anyone Else Not Like the Replay Addition?

[olehippi]

Nothing wrong with the replay system. Needs a few tweaks. Terrible call on Flaherty with the transfer. Buck has to challenge that play. Make them look like clowns if they uphold that call. Two outs and a man on first vs. one out and 1st and 2nd. Pivotal point in the game. You have to challenge there. Buck and whoever he relied on in the dugout blew it big time there.

Yes, there is something wrong with the replay system and the rule changes. No one seems to know or understand any of the new rules.......including the umpires.

I agree Buck should have challenged the call at 2B. It was a pivital point in the game. Flaherty very clearly caught the ball, closed the glove, and the dropped it on the transfer. For whatever reason Buck didn't challenge it, and there seemed to be some disagreement in the broadcast booth whether or not he could challenge it.

[MurphDogg]

Yes, there is something wrong with the replay system and the rule changes. No one seems to know or understand any of the new rules.......including the umpires.

I agree Buck should have challenged the call at 2B. It was a pivital point in the game. Flaherty very clearly caught the ball, closed the glove, and the dropped it on the transfer. For whatever reason Buck didn't challenge it, and there seemed to be some disagreement in the broadcast booth whether or not he could challenge it.

It would have been a waste of time to challenge it. They have been calling that play as not an out all season. It will be corrected in the very near future, but not soon enough to help the Orioles.

[eddie83]

It would have been a waste of time to challenge it. They have been calling that play as not an out all season. It will be corrected in the very near future, but not soon enough to help the Orioles.

It is an embarrassment to the sport that a play like that has always been an out and now isn't. A defender shouldn't be penalized because he tried to make another play. If that was the 3rd out the fielder would never try to get the ball out if his glove, because he wouldn't have to.

[El Gordo]

It is an embarrassment to the sport that a play like that has always been an out and now isn't. A defender shouldn't be penalized because he tried to make another play. If that was the 3rd out the fielder would never try to get the ball out if his glove, because he wouldn't have to.

Virtually every manager in the game is on record as saying the rule is ridiculous. The real problem is it just doesn't cover the relay at 2B on a DP, it goes for all catches. So if an OF catches a ball, takes a couple of steps before he throws it in, but drops it on the transfer the runner is safe. If CD catches a ball at 1B for an out, and then comes off the bag to throw the ball around the IF and then drops it on the transfer the runner is safe at 1B. What were they smoking when they came up with this one?

[eddie83]

Virtually every manager in the game is on record as saying the rule is ridiculous. The real problem is it just doesn't cover the relay at 2B on a DP, it goes for all catches. So if an OF catches a ball, takes a couple of steps before he throws it in, but drops it on the transfer the runner is safe. If CD catches a ball at 1B for an out, and then comes off the bag to throw the ball around the IF and then drops it on the transfer the runner is safe at 1B. What were they smoking when they came up with this one?

I have no idea. Makes no sense at all. Buck said after the game there was no point in asking for a replay because they haven't changed a call on that all year.

MLB needs to fix this now. The fact that this happened on a national TV game might help that cause.

[Old#5fan]

Ruining the game. Give me a break. The game is the game. If this is truly ruining it for you, stop watching.

If they continue using this stupid system next year that is not beyond the realm of possibility, even though I have been watching games since my first in 1963, and I am serious as a heart attack.

[Old#5fan]

I think we should go back to 1 division in each league. Only a handful of teams make it. Allow only white players. Woman shouldn't be allowed to vote. Change scares me. Must maintain "purity" of game:)

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This isn't all about "purity" of the game, most of it is about this STUPID SYSTEM and how it is being USED in games. It is the biggest bunch of BS I haver ever seen. Why didn't they use it in that transfer call that they clearly got wrong last night (Flaherty)? Because the system is MORONIC!

[Old#5fan]

It is an embarrassment to the sport that a play like that has always been an out and now isn't. A defender shouldn't be penalized because he tried to make another play. If that was the 3rd out the fielder would never try to get the ball out if his glove, because he wouldn't have to.

RIGHT. Another EXAMPLE of this STOOPID REPLAY system, thought up and administered by IDIOTS ruining this ONCE great SPORT.!

[Old#5fan]

I have no idea. Makes no sense at all. Buck said after the game there was no point in asking for a replay because they haven't changed a call on that all year.

MLB needs to fix this now. The fact that this happened on a national TV game might help that cause.

This stupid replay system makes me so mad, I almost hurled something at the tv.

[Moshagge3]

Virtually every manager in the game is on record as saying the rule is ridiculous. The real problem is it just doesn't cover the relay at 2B on a DP, it goes for all catches. So if an OF catches a ball, takes a couple of steps before he throws it in, but drops it on the transfer the runner is safe. If CD catches a ball at 1B for an out, and then comes off the bag to throw the ball around the IF and then drops it on the transfer the runner is safe at 1B. What were they smoking when they came up with this one?

The problem, which replay isn't so much causing as it is exposing, is that the rulebook is poorly written. For well over a century umpires have just been relying on common sense to distinguish a bobbled catch from a clean catch and bobbled transfer, but the rulebook itself doesn't recognize that distinction. So now that replay is forcing the umpires to follow the rules to the letter, this flaw in the rulebook is being exposed. People don't even realize how screwed up and vague the rulebook is. Jim Palmer can't go a week without saying "tie goes to the runner" but the rulebook doesn't say any such thing.

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[tntoriole]

The problem, which replay isn't so much causing as it is exposing, is that the rulebook is poorly written. For well over a century umpires have just been relying on common sense to distinguish a bobbled catch from a clean catch and bobbled transfer, but the rulebook itself doesn't recognize that distinction. So now that replay is forcing the umpires to follow the rules to the letter, this flaw in the rulebook is being exposed. People don't even realize how screwed up and vague the rulebook is. Jim Palmer can't go a week without saying "tie goes to the runner" but the rulebook doesn't say any such thing.

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Yes, that is a problem with lots of books written by humans that contain laws, rules. There still has to be human judgement to apply the rules and resolve disputes in many situations. The game has been played perfectly well for over a century because we recognize that, but now we are trying to turn it over to "technology" to "get it right." Good luck with that quest, but it has already damaged the game considerably and will continue to do so over time.

[CA-ORIOLE]

The problem, which replay isn't so much causing as it is exposing, is that the rulebook is poorly written. For well over a century umpires have just been relying on common sense to distinguish a bobbled catch from a clean catch and bobbled transfer, but the rulebook itself doesn't recognize that distinction. So now that replay is forcing the umpires to follow the rules to the letter, this flaw in the rulebook is being exposed. People don't even realize how screwed up and vague the rulebook is. Jim Palmer can't go a week without saying "tie goes to the runner" but the rulebook doesn't say any such thing.

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MLB decided this was a rule they wanted to enforce at the beginning of the season and gave every one notice about in spring training. It is independent of replay. So much so, that Buck didn't even bother calling a replay review as the "new" rule has been clearly established. There are many plays that aren't subject to replay review. This could have been one of them, or it could be interpreted more liberally like the neighborhood play, instead MLB decided that this was something they wanted to emphasize.

[OFFNY]

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