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Instant replay in baseball has never seemed like a serious concern until this year. It's been discussed, sure, but never has it come so close to overruning baseball's collective consciousness. But it's there. I've yet to read a solid argument against instant replay; agreement is nearly universal. I think Malcolm Gladwell would call that a Blinking Point.
MLB is wasting no time in responding. After discussing and testing instant replay in the minor leagues,
the league is set to begin using replay on home run boundary calls as early as August 1. Baseball spokesmen Rich Levin says "nothing has been decided." Whether the date's right or not, the decision sounds pretty, um, decided. There will be replay in baseball.
More surprising than the conclusion here is the speed with which it's been reached. August 1? Are people
that anxious to start reviewing calls? Does Bud Selig see this as
that big of a deal? Because there was this thing called steroids ... it was a big problem. Pretty much ruined the integrity of the game for over a decade. Like, Congress got involved. Things got ugly. And through all that, baseball never seemed even remotely as interested as they are about the occasional incorrect home run call. Funny how that works out.
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