I think the home run rule is good. But instead of instituting full instant replay, why not give each manager a challenge flag. 1 per 3 innings.
Had Jim Leyland had a challenge flag, to send to the booth for instant replay, it would of been overturned. The baseball world would of had 3 perfect games in a month.
Only certain things could be challenged though. Balls and Strikes, no way. But safes and outs, home runs, balks that score runs, and game changing plays in the 9th inning besides Ks and BBs, if the coach still has flags. If they lose a challenge, they lose a flag. And/or if the manager or any player gets ejected, the offending team of the ejected manager/player forfeits it's challenge flags. This would help in keeping up the speed of the game and keep it a bit more pure. Remember back in the early 1900's they didn't have instant replay.
This could also provide a statistic for umpires. Umpires with the least amount of overturned challenges get the opportunity to umpire for All Star Game, Playoffs, and WS.
Just a thought.
Only certain things could be challenged though. Balls and Strikes, no way. But safes and outs, home runs, balks that score runs, and game changing plays in the 9th inning besides Ks and BBs, if the coach still has flags. If they lose a challenge, they lose a flag. And/or if the manager or any player gets ejected, the offending team of the ejected manager/player forfeits it's challenge flags. This would help in keeping up the speed of the game and keep it a bit more pure. Remember back in the early 1900's they didn't have instant replay.
This could also provide a statistic for umpires. Umpires with the least amount of overturned challenges get the opportunity to umpire for All Star Game, Playoffs, and WS.
Just a thought.
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