I've watched a lot of baseball the past three weeks. If I wasn't watching it was at least on. I've seen a lot of bad calls at first. Should the post season use replay? It could be like MLB. As long as you're right you get another. And maybe anything replayed in the 8th and 9th.
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Yes. However the college umpires have got to do a better job with the time elapsed to make the call. Coastal Carolina was playing Florida (I think) and the ball hit the chalk with runners on 1st and 2nd and two outs. It was a no-freaking-brainer. It took them far too long to figure out the fair and foul (using replay) and where the runners were going after the wrong call was made in the field. So, absolutely yes is my answer but with a better process. The technology is there, the problem is the humans.
Only on a very limited basis. I dont want to see plays reviewed to see if the short stop tagged second on a dp or if tags were made on steal attempts or if a guy got picked at first. And certainky not strikes and balls. Let's just play the game. After all that is what it is. There's no moral issue here.
RJM posted:Should the post season use replay?
They do. The list of when it can be used isn't as extensive as in MLB -- but MLB's list has grown over time and so will NCAA's (for better or worse).
fenwaysouth posted:Yes. However the college umpires have got to do a better job with the time elapsed to make the call. Coastal Carolina was playing Florida (I think) and the ball hit the chalk with runners on 1st and 2nd and two outs. It was a no-freaking-brainer. It took them far too long to figure out the fair and foul (using replay) and where the runners were going after the wrong call was made in the field. So, absolutely yes is my answer but with a better process. The technology is there, the problem is the humans.
Yes. It was a no brainer. The replay clearly showed the chalk dust/dirt being kicked up. I think the reason for the delay was figuring out where the runners should have ended up, not the actual fair/foul call. They took far too long.
Get rid of replay at every level.
If you need better umpiring, get/train better umpires. Or get more of them (I've no idea what size crew the CWS uses). Or both.
If you absolutely must have replay, it should be in the hands of an umpire at/on the field, and not at the mercy of some stupid challenge system with horrifically under-thought-ought incentives built in.
