Tuesday, August 26, 2008

Instant Replay to Start Thursday

From the AP:

Major League Baseball has reversed its long-standing opposition to instant replay and will allow umpires to check video on home run calls in series that start Thursday, a person familiar with the announcement told The Associated Press.

The person spoke on condition of anonymity because no announcement was authorized before 5 p.m. Tuesday.

The start date comes nearly 10 months after general managers voted 25-5 to use the technology, and following MLB agreements with the unions for umpires and for players.

Like I said last week, as long as it is just used for this purpose it will only be a good thing. I'm interested to see when it will first.

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