luv baseball posted:....................
Fenway makes the point about tennis lines - John McEnroe was a 1st rate butthead and ending that type of nonsense - worth it.
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luvbb,
Ironically, McEnroe was one of the guys that championed automated line calls because he thought all umpires were incompetent which is one reason why he challenged them. The other reason was he was a 1st rate butthead. It all started with serves (Cyclops system) then quickly moved to baseline and sideline calls. The current technology is computer modeled based on many, many cameras on the court that render a computer generated image. The players can challenge a call and an umpire has final say and overrule capability. McEnroe has since tried to become a defacto commissioner of tennis. It won't happen in our lifetime.
I'm hoping we've got something in the works with MLB. Hopefully, we'll know more after the upcoming CBA has been finalized. Ultimately it is something the players have to want and get included.