It’s no secret that the 2009 MLB postseason had its fair share of blown calls and mistakes made by the umpires (a quick search of this site will confirm that). Many of these gaffes were obvious to anyone watching at home, where they were able to sit on their couch and benefit from high-definition, slow-motion instant replay. And after today, it appears that the average Joe Baseball fan will continue to have better technology than the umpires, as baseball has passed on expanding instant replay.
MLB Passes On Expanding Instant Replay
↵↵Major League Baseball’s general managers did not propose or vote on an expansion of the league’s replay system at the first session of this year’s GM Meetings, which conclude Wednesday [...] “It all lies with the Commissioner right now,” said Jimmie Lee Solomon, Major League Baseball’s executive vice president of baseball operations, who sat in on the meeting. “He’ll have to make the determination about whether he wants to start discussions on that. I know some [GMs] have talked off-line about the expansion of instant replay, but the Commissioner doesn’t see any reason to consider it.”
↵↵To be fair, baseball only introduced replay in 2008, so already expanding it does seem a bit premature. And with quotes saying that Bud Selig is “very methodical about making [these] types of decisions,” I wouldn’t expect any changes in the near future.
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