Instant Replay in Baseball 2014: Managers Now Receive One Challenge Per Game; Cubs Become First Team To Challenge Infield Call
A new baseball season always brings new rules of some sort and this year Major League Baseball implemented an instant replay system that expands beyond the previous rule that said only home runs could be reviewed.
The Chicago Cubs made the first challenge on Monday when the team was unhappy with an infield out call at first base. The umpires put on the headphones and talked to the replay command center in New York. A minute and a half later the umpires announced that the call would be upheld, so the Cubs lost the challenge.
Although this will be a new thing for baseball this year, the home run reviews allowed people around the sport to get used to the process of reviewing players just like in football.
Unlike in football, where coaches can challenge twice per game and receive a third challenge as a reward if the first two attempts at challenge were successful, baseball managers will only have one per game. If the one challenge is successful, then another one is rewarded. The fact that managers only get one challenge will make their job even more important as they decide whether to risk losing a challenge early in the game.
The high-technology room in New York where officials determine calls is so advanced that it only takes milliseconds for the real-time play to reach their screens that could be as far as 2,600 miles away from some stadiums in the league.
What do you think about the league's decision to add in more replay? Do you think it will take up too much time throughout a game that already is quite long or do you think that it makes sense in order to make sure the call was correct? Feel free to let us know what you think in the comments section located down below.
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