Pros of instant replay
· Close calls made correctly
· Could change the way that the game is played
· The calls made by the replays could change a team’s season
Cons of instant replay
· Some people would want every play or pitch reviewed
· There would be more of a chance for cheating and bribing the umpires
http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/8572437/will-instant-replay-system-hurt-benefit-mlb-espn-magazine
http://www.academic.marist.edu/mwwatch/fall07/articles/Sports/sports1.html
http://www.foxnews.com/sports/2012/11/07/major-league-baseball-considering-wider-expansion-instant-replay/
Instant replay in baseball would do nothing but good, in the fact that game or season changing calls would be made correctly.
-Barrack, Dan. "REPLAY THE REASONS WHY BASEBALL NEEDS REPLAY." n.d. 1. Print. http://www.academic.marist.edu/mwwatch/fall07/articles/Sports/sports1.html.
Major League Baseball is the only professional sport that has not adopted instant replay, and is the only sport instantly paying for it.
-Wells, Indian. "Major League Baseball considering wider expansion of instant replay." 8 2012: 1. Print. http://www.foxnews.com/sports/2012/11/07/major-league-baseball-considering-wider-expansion-instant-replay/.
Baseball is considering a broader expansion of video review for umpires than first discussed.
Instant replay could make those game or season changing call correctly. For instance, the Chicago Cubs haven't won a world series in over a hundred years. It's the NLCS and the final game, in the final inning. A play could happen where to the naked eye it appeared one way. Without replay, the call would be made incorrectly, and the Cubs would go yet another year without winning baseball's greatest accomplishment.” When discussing instant replay, there is the subject of which kind of replay baseball should have. Football has a complicated instant replay rule, giving each team two challenges against a call made on the field. If one head coach thinks that the referee has made a mistake, he can challenge the play and have it reviewed. In hockey, instant replay is used for one thing, determining if the puck went past the line in the goal. Basketball is similar to hockey, reviewing if the ball left the players hands before time ran out. It is not necessary for baseball to review every facet of the game, but instant replay should be implemented on homerun calls and calls on the base” (Barrack 1). Players have been known to commit suicide after life changing calls, as well as fans that have done the same. “Donnie Moore was a pitcher in the American League for the California Angels during the 1980’s who killed himself after blowing game five of the championship series to the Boston Red Sox. Moore did not end his life over a missed call, but a missed call could have the same results. Not only can bad calls be dangerous to people, they can change the course of history.”
Major League Baseball is the only professional sport that hasn't adopted instant replay. In every sport out there, there is some form of official review or instant replay. This puts baseball behind every other sport in a more technologically dependent world. Even though there is no replay, baseball is America's past time, and has stood the test of time.
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