we just had a Very Bad use of replay erasing whit merrifield in kc-bos
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 6 August 2019 23:18 (four years ago) link
Not a fan of this sh1t. You lose a call go cry to your grandma
― calstars, Tuesday, 6 August 2019 23:47 (four years ago) link
Red Sox challenge call that Whit Merrifield is safe at 2B in the 1st; call overturned, runner is out. Powered by @Mitel. pic.twitter.com/MRCn2rvu0z— MLB Replays (@MLBReplays) August 7, 2019
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 7 August 2019 01:20 (four years ago) link
starting to think calstars is Billy Martin
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 7 August 2019 03:23 (four years ago) link
i agree that that's dumb, but it seems like the problem isn't instant replay but the idea that you have to maintain constant contact with the base to be safe
― na (NA), Wednesday, 7 August 2019 14:26 (four years ago) link
yeah idk if instant replay is really good for the game or not but giving managers the ability to challenge any safe call where it looked like his hand might've briefly slid off for 1/100th of a second is definitely bad
if the replay crew can't tell if you were off the bag while watching at full speed, then you should be safe. none of this frame-by-frame crap. why would you emulate the one thing everyone hates about the NFL
― frogbs, Wednesday, 7 August 2019 15:15 (four years ago) link
or just change the rule so that a split-second loss of contact doesn't keep you from being safe
― na (NA), Wednesday, 7 August 2019 15:22 (four years ago) link
this wd be easily remedied by saying there's a "safe zone" above the bag if your foot comes off for a split second, or somesuch
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 7 August 2019 16:17 (four years ago) link
guys i don't know much about baseball but I'm pretty sure one of the rules is that one is "safe" when touching the bag
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 7 August 2019 18:17 (four years ago) link
* at 2nd or 3rd base* except for a period after the play has determined to have ended but the next play has yet to startetc etc
there are already exceptions to that rule
― na (NA), Wednesday, 7 August 2019 18:39 (four years ago) link
i don't want a safe zone, and if you are tagged while off the bag you should be out -- if the ump sees it. make whatever happens after the runner's initial contact with the bag unreviewable
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 7 August 2019 18:59 (four years ago) link
this shit is getting out of hand and really soils the spirit of the game
― boobie, Wednesday, 7 August 2019 19:42 (four years ago) link
except for a period after the play has determined to have ended but the next play has yet to startyou mean when time out is called?etc etcwhat is the etc? it's not complicated. stay on the bag!
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 7 August 2019 19:44 (four years ago) link
Yeah I hate replay with the fire of a thousand suns but if the guy's tagged while off the bag he should be out, replay or not
― Screamin' Jay Gould (The Yellow Kid), Wednesday, 7 August 2019 19:47 (four years ago) link
i have to say i think replay works pretty goddamn well in baseball, particularly relative to other sports. Hawkeye in tennis is the only system that's better but that's just because the judgment calls are so much simpler.
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 7 August 2019 20:30 (four years ago) link
Hawkeye is great because it's so fast - what does it take, like 10-15 seconds? If MLB replay was fast I'd love it. But it's unbearably slow.
(better than NBA replay though, that's for sure)
― Screamin' Jay Gould (The Yellow Kid), Wednesday, 7 August 2019 21:43 (four years ago) link
what is the etc? it's not complicated. stay on the bag!
the times when the runner's forward motion causes their hand to slide off the bag for 1/20th of a second. in general I hate the idea of using replay to overturn plays that never would've been called that way in real time.
― frogbs, Wednesday, 7 August 2019 21:59 (four years ago) link
hawkeye is almost instantaneous iirc
anyway i would like to point out that i was otm four hours ago
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 7 August 2019 23:14 (four years ago) link
btw fuck the spirit of the game, that sounds like George Will
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 8 August 2019 01:33 (four years ago) link
https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/31240968/braves-rip-embarrassing-call-home-plate-keyed-phillies-win
definitely looks like they fucked this one up
― na (NA), Monday, 12 April 2021 15:47 (three years ago) link
MLB replay system would be a hell of a lot more accurate if the crew in New York didn’t know what the call on the field was.— Lane Adams (@LA_Swiftness) April 12, 2021
― mookieproof, Monday, 12 April 2021 21:09 (three years ago) link