Not A Fan Of Instant Replay

I agree with you in that I hate instant replay. That being said I have come to terms that it is hear to stay...whatever.

What really pisses me off is the fact that MLB implemented these rules, doesn't have the stadiums set up to be decisive and fast in the review. if the powers that be really had a clue they would be able to do a replay and decide in 30 seconds, if you can't figure it out the call stands.

This routine where stand on the dugout steps and wait for our inside guys to review, then we decide if it is good or bad, then send it to NY where they look at a call for 4 or 5 minutes is total bullsh!t.

They screw up the play at the plate for everyone, not even the damn catchers think it is good, they turn 2nd base in powder puff, the rules allow for the replay of some calls but not others...they take do damn long - yea I hate it as well.

I like the concept of instant replay. They have to make it smoother. I like middle infielders have to touch second base. I like good base runners are now rewarded for good slides rather than being called out because the throw beat them.

As for the pitch monitors those aren't accurate. They're not modified for each hitter. The same grid is used for Ortiz (6'4") as Pedroia (5'8"). There's also a depth issue. For pitches to be called or replayed the machine would have to be adjusted for every at bat for the hitter's height.

I love it... when it goes my teams way.  LOL  

All jokes aside, I like using technology to insure the call was correct.  It creates all kinds of drama in our housefold regarding if a call will be overturned.  It's just change.  Agreed, it's clunky and the process needs to be improved.  

How hard would it be to give us the actual review process?  A simple snap shot that determined the end result.   

Steve A - I get how a game in May or June might not need the scrutiny but ask a Cards fan how much they wish instant replay would have been part of the game during the 1985 World Series.  If it was KC would be celebrating it's first World Series title and not its 2nd.

They should be able to figure out how to get the review done by the time the umpire reaches the dugout so they just get the info and make the call.  These things are not difficult.  Did he get the tag down or not?  Ball beat him or not?  Fair or foul?  Game disrupted only for the length of time it takes to get to the dugout and back to position to resume game.