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The suspensions were two weeks ago... roughly a month for Braun. I can't say I read up on baseball news every single day, but that was still getting headlines everywhere?!?
And I'm sure balls and strikes will never, ever be subject to a challenge. The home plate umpires will simply be eliminated at some point. The current technology is accurate to within an inch or two... give it another few years and it will be closer to perfect. Give it another few years and we'll likely only see two umpires on the field with nobody permanently behind the plate. Give it another few years and human umpires are only plying their trade at the lower levels. Good, bad or something in between... change marches on.
And just for the record... I am largely indifferent to replay in baseball. If the commissioner's office announced that all replay would be removed from baseball and the issue would be not be discussed again until after the 2035 season... I would have just shrugged my shoulders, said 'meh' and continued to watch baseball same as I have for the last 30 years. As I've stated before, it's all much ado about nothing.
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