Finally… Replay Ball

Major League Baseball is archaic. Major League Baseball is antiquated. While the NFL, NBA, and NHL have embraced technology, Major League Baseball has treasured yesteryear. Unreliable eyes have judged their critical contests.

On Tuesday, Major League Baseball instituted instant replay. Despite this alteration, Commissioner Bud Selig’s resistance remains. “Like everything else in life, there are times that you have to make an adjustment. My opposition to unlimited instant replay is still very much in play. I really think that the game has prospered for well over a century now doing things the way we did it. Any time you try to change something in baseball, it's both emotional and difficult. There's been some concern that, well, if you start here, look what it's going to lead to. Not as long as I'm the commissioner.”

Major League Baseball’s players concur. “It overshot the mark by far just because, what, in a Yankee game someone didn't get a homer? Please. It's happened thousands of times,” said Kenny Rogers. “That's part of the game. It's the beauty of the game. Mistakes are made.”

“I find it very strange that, with 30 games to go in the season, that they would start it now. I find that very peculiar,” said Baltimore Orioles Manager Dave Trembley. “If they wanted it so bad, what took them so long to get it going and why wait until this particular point in time?”

On July 16, Andy Van Slyke opposed instant replay. According to him, errors are acceptable. I disagree. Championship Series warrant correct conclusions.