Runwaylights@lemmy.world to Major League Baseball@lemmy.mlEnglish · 11 months agoControversial check swing call loads up the bases and sets the stage for a walk off grand slam for the Red Soxstreamable.comexternal-linkmessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up19arrow-down11
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minus-squareHux@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·11 months agoYou could cut and paste this comment into any of the last dozen, or so, decades and it would always seem topical.
minus-squareChe Banana@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up6·11 months ago bad call opposing manager: “Whaaaaat???” umpire: “yer outta here!” wash, rinse, repeat
minus-squarebaruchin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·11 months agoIt’s getting tiresome, to be honest.
minus-squarebaruchin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·11 months agoDecades ago we didn’t have instant replay challenges. Now we do. MLB has to expand this to every possible play.
minus-squareRunwaylights@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·11 months agoYeah I agree. And it wouldn’t hurt even the pace of play I think, because either you watch the instant replay or you watch a manager get mad and get tossed for a couple of minutes. Just set some limits on the amount of reviews like they have now.
minus-squareScene_Shifter@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-211 months agoDuring most of that time MLB didn’t use the technology that allows them to realize when a call is wrong.
You could cut and paste this comment into any of the last dozen, or so, decades and it would always seem topical.
It’s getting tiresome, to be honest.
Decades ago we didn’t have instant replay challenges. Now we do. MLB has to expand this to every possible play.
Yeah I agree. And it wouldn’t hurt even the pace of play I think, because either you watch the instant replay or you watch a manager get mad and get tossed for a couple of minutes. Just set some limits on the amount of reviews like they have now.
During most of that time MLB didn’t use the technology that allows them to realize when a call is wrong.