Selig brushes off calls for expanded instant replay
Circling The Bases —
[image] Poor umpiring and high-profile blown calls have been one of the biggest storylines of the playoffs so far, but commissioner Bud Selig made it clear today in an interview with Ken Rosenthal of FOXSports.com that he has no plans to expand instant replay: I don't really have any desire to increase the amount of replay, period. This goes on every time there's a controversial call. I understand the Phil Cuzzi call and others. But frankly, I'm quite satisfied with the way things are. We need to do a little work, clean up some things. But do I think we need more replay? No. ...
Selig: I want there to be controversy and to harm MLB's product on the field
Lone Star Ball —
Selig: I want there to be controversy and to harm MLB's product on the field
Bud Selig tells Ken Rosenthal he doesn't have "any desire to increase the amount of replay — period."
Poor umpiring an unwanted playoff sub-plot
River Avenue Blues —
... As for a potential fix, there doesn’t seem to be any in the offing. Bud Selig doesn’t want to expand replay, and beyond that there doesn’t seem to be a way to cut down on bad calls. With human umpires, they’re unavoidable. All MLB can do, really, is to carefully review umpires and hand out assignments based on merit. The umps might mean well, but accuracy trumps all. ...
Three Dead Days (And Problems With Replay)
Fack Youk —
... Yesterday, Ken Rosenthal talked to Grandpa Selig and (surprise!) he doesn't want to look into expanding instant replay, citing the same dumb arguments (" ...
John Lackey and Some Fat Guy to Face Off in Game 1: Tuesday Halolinks
Halos Heaven —
... it's on to the American League Championship Series against New York -- Game 1 of the best-of-seven series is Friday in Yankee Stadium -- and it will be the Yankees, of all teams, who will have to answer the same questions that grew wearisome for the Angels.The Yankees may be baseball royalty, the franchise with 26 World Series trophies, but the Angels have won both of their playoff series against the Yankees, eliminating them in 2002 and 2005 division series.
Selig: I have no desire to expand instant replay - FOX Sports on MSN "This goes ...
Bud Selig: Postseason Punching Bag
The Sporting Blog —
... the bag and maybe he's in position to field Jason Kubel's hit to right field that would have, in theory, plated Mauer or at least put him on third for the subsequent hit from Michael Cuddyer to do so. And that still doesn't excuse the fact that the Twins had the bases loaded and nobody out and couldn't get a run in. Or the fact that in the next half-inning Jose Mijares served one up to Tex to be a hero. That's not Cuzzi's fault too, is it?
Maybe it's Selig's. We'll have to check the replay.
To Replay or Not To Replay: The Debate of the Playoffs
Athletics Nation —
... great minds of AN. I am curious to see what people think.
Let's start with this:
Selig said of implementing broader usage of instant replay, "I'm not afraid of change. We've made more changes in the last 17 years than ever before. But ... baseball's a game of pace, and when you go to a game, you can't have calls being looked at, pitchers waiting on the mound for three or four minutes. It breaks the pace of the game."
And this:
"This goes on every time there's a ...
