[gwjack]

Hi Libloather -

I heard about this being proposed while watching an MLB game this last season. Personally, I don’t like, and have never liked, replays in sports. If it is so important to be accurate, then perhaps the players can just put their probable stats into a computer and then “play” the game. As a D1 basketball coach once said in a clinic when asked why his teams always seemed to play better against highly favored teams, “You just don’t put the jerseys at center court before the game, and take a vote.” He meant that unexpected human performance surpasses all computer algorithms and precise accuracy (from officials and players)that can be changed for periods of time. If MLB goes there, it will be nothing more than a video game with real people. Human fallibility and human excellence is why sports are such an inspiration to many of us. They show us we can excel too.

Gwjack

[olesigh]

the players adjust to the umpires. What they want formost is consistency.,

[hanamizu]

Personally, I don’t like, and have never liked, replays in sports.

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I find I like how pro rugby does it. Each match has a TMO (television match official). If the on-field ref asks, the TMO will show him (and all the fans) the play in question on the field’s big screen. In addition, if the TMO spots ‘foul play’ and the on-field ref doesn’t, he’ll let the ref know. It does stop the game and some don’t like that part of it, but they seem to try to get calls right. And rugby doesn’t feature a lot of time stoppages by its very nature. There are no commercial time outs.