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Originally Posted by Nunyer
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?!?
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Yep.
Check espn site. Top linked story on main page there involves Tejada. The Top three stories on the baseball page are Tejada, A-Rod, Braun.
MLB got front page of the main section of USA Today, Friday. It literally knocked all other stories off the front page.
Instant replay should be done and done right. Not as an opportunistic gimmick for PR purposes.
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Originally Posted by Nunyer
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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I agree with you up to your summation.
It is something ado about something. And the something is that this historic change needs to be vetted at the lower levels.
We know the umpires go through a vetting process, what about the people working the equipment in New York who will override the on field calls? Will these be umpires or merely college interns working the gig because of their looks and/or pedigrees?