Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Reporting on replay seems to suck
I haven't seen anyone address what is the most obvious question to me -- if the umps signal a home run and a player slows to a trot, the outfielder throws the ball in and the player is tagged, is he out if the replay shows it is not a home run? In other words, are the players now in the position of having to disregard a home run call? And if they are not in that position, does this mean that replay will only serve to turn non-HRs into home runs, but not to turn home runs into base hits?
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Yes.
In all probability the umps will make the call that keeps the play going. So on close home run calls they'll usually rule in play and sort it out later.
Two non-answers. Anyone else?
My guess is that overruled home runs become ground-rule doubles. Yawn. But I agree with you, Corms -- the guidance to the umps will probably be to err on the side of ruling balls in play.
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