Cleveland Indians catcher Sal Fasano not a fan of instant replay

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Justin Morneau Would Like to Expand Replay
Published 8/27/2008 by Fornelli (noreply@blogger.com) at Foul Balls
[image] With baseball set to start using instant replay on Thursday, there are a lot of different opinions floating around as to whether or not baseball should be doing this. Some are perfectly fine with the whole thing, thinking that it's about time the game finally adapted to this new-fangled technology, and then there are those who are whole-heartedly against it. Hell, Sal Fasano actually compared the use of replay to armageddon (Note to Sal: Shaving your mustache? That would be armageddon). On the opposite end of the spectrum from Sal, there's Twins lumberjack Justin Morneau ... Continue reading at FanHouse

Justin Morneau Would Like to Expand Replay
Published 8/27/2008 at FanHouse
Filed under: Twins, AL CentralWith baseball set to start using instant replay on Thursday, there are a lot of different opinions floating around as to whether or not baseball should be doing this. Some are perfectly fine with the whole thing, thinking that it's about time the game finally adapted to this new-fangled technology, and then there are those who are whole-heartedly against it. Hell, Sal Fasano actually compared the use of replay to armageddon (Note to Sal: Shaving your mustache? That would be armageddon). On the opposite end of the spectrum from Sal, there's Twins lumberjack Justin Morneau. Justin is happy ...

The Dugout: Tales Of The Instant Replay, or "Who Re-Watches the Watchmen?"
Published 8/28/2008 at FanHouse
Filed under: Pirates, NL Central, MLB Biz, The DugoutIt's the question that's been on every sports fan's mind: Quis re-custodiet ipsos custodes? Okay, it's the question that's been on the mind of every late 1st and early 2nd centuries CE Latin sports fan, and even though it probably had more to do with throwing the discus, we're using it tonight to talk about baseball. The instant replay initiative memos have been placed onto players' chairs, and that means instant replay is SERIOUS BUSINESS. Will it stop with home run calls? No. Will it stop with close plays in important situations? Of course not. Will it stop when we're ...