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madinmaryland

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Wed May 23, 2012, 05:46 PM May 2012

$elig: No need for more replay

DE PERE, Wis. (AP) -- Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig says he doesn't think more video review of umpires' calls is needed, at least not right now.

Selig spoke a small group Wednesday at a sport and society conference at St. Norbert College.

Previously reluctant to add replay, Selig instituted it in August 2008 for boundary calls on potential home runs, such as whether balls went over the fence or were fair.

MLB sought to increase video review this season to include trapped balls, fair-or-foul rulings down the lines and fan interference all over the ballpark. But it requires approval of MLB and the unions representing the umpires and the players, and any expansion was delayed until 2013 at the earliest.

Read more: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2012/baseball/mlb/05/23/selig.replay.ap/index.html#ixzz1vjQjaItJ

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$elig: No need for more replay (Original Post) madinmaryland May 2012 OP
How could it hurt to have an additional umpire in the booth Auggie May 2012 #1

Auggie

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1. How could it hurt to have an additional umpire in the booth
Thu May 24, 2012, 12:19 PM
May 2012

who could review plays on the TV monitor at a moments notice?

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