The days are numbered for the arrogant umpires.
MLB Commissioner Bud Selig announced today that baseball will greatly expand instant replay starting in the 2014 season. Managers will be allowed to make up to three challenges per game, one for the first six innings and two after the sixth. The best part about it is that the review will not be made by the officiating crew at the stadium but rather by a crew at MLB headquarters in New York City who will render a final decision.
As for what plays will be reviewable, it's a gray area at this point. Atlanta Braves president John Schuerholz, a member of the replay committee, has said that 89% of incorrect calls made in the past will be reviewable but failed to provide a list.
This expanded instant replay still needs to be passed by 75% of the owners during the off season. The MLBPA and the umpires would also need to approve the changes.
Perhaps not the best replay system that can be put in place but it's still a significant upgrade from what they have now (just borderline home runs). While it's unclear what can be challenged, it's going to include numerous things which will make the game fairer and much less controversial.
Again, the system itself is not the best available. College Football appears to use instant replay the best ( and it pains me to admit that) with a replay official able to halt the game for a review at any time need be.
But I do get why baseball went to the challenge system instead. They're afraid that the replay official method will slow the game down too much. The challenge system, in the end, is a compromise.
Over time, I do hope that Baseball will move towards the College Football model regarding instant replay. But for the time being, it's a home run.
Showing posts with label New York City. Show all posts
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Thursday, August 15, 2013
Monday, July 15, 2013
Cespedes Out Slams Harper to Win Home Run Derby
He wasn't even supposed to be there. Instead, he's the Home Run Derby Champion.
Yoenis Cespedes wins the 2013 Home Run Derby at Citi Field in New York City. Cespedes batted against Bryce Harper for the derby crown in the final. Harper hit a respectable eight home runs in ten outs. Cespedes crushed nine in five outs with the clincher being a deep shot to center.
The derby win for Cespedes marks the first time an Athletic has won the Home Run Derby since 1992 when Mark McGwire won it.
Yoenis was crushing balls from the start with many of them getting up to that third deck in left field. Cespedes would hit 17 homers in the first round and didn't even need to hit another big fly to advance to the final still being ahead of 2nd place Bryce Harper by one. The 27 year old Cuban born slugger would tack on 6 more, however, for good measure and have a total of 23 over the first two rounds.
Certainly a good night of home run hitting. It was fun to see so many big flies hit by all the contestants and great to see the guy with the most homers on the night win the derby. Congrats to Cespedes.
P.S. Now time for me to see if I can get a triple decker myself.
Yoenis Cespedes wins the 2013 Home Run Derby at Citi Field in New York City. Cespedes batted against Bryce Harper for the derby crown in the final. Harper hit a respectable eight home runs in ten outs. Cespedes crushed nine in five outs with the clincher being a deep shot to center.
The derby win for Cespedes marks the first time an Athletic has won the Home Run Derby since 1992 when Mark McGwire won it.
Yoenis was crushing balls from the start with many of them getting up to that third deck in left field. Cespedes would hit 17 homers in the first round and didn't even need to hit another big fly to advance to the final still being ahead of 2nd place Bryce Harper by one. The 27 year old Cuban born slugger would tack on 6 more, however, for good measure and have a total of 23 over the first two rounds.
Certainly a good night of home run hitting. It was fun to see so many big flies hit by all the contestants and great to see the guy with the most homers on the night win the derby. Congrats to Cespedes.
P.S. Now time for me to see if I can get a triple decker myself.
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Soccer Coming to NYC Itself?
As the MLS season comes to an end (almost unnoticed), it seems that the league is looking to further expand.
Soccer has been expanding gradually in the US and one of the ways they have been doing this is building Soccer specific stadiums. One of those was Red Bull Arena which was opened in 2010 for the New York Red Bulls. It's located in Harrison, New Jersey just outside of New York City. Now it seems that New York will have an actual team to root for in the city.
News is that there is a spot in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park in Queens that could be the site for a new MLS team. According to MLS Commissioner Don Garber the city is near "the finish line" for this arrangement. They hope to have a place ready for a new team by 2016.
Sounds like a great move for the league considering it's a great location compared to being outside the city. Queens is also the 2nd most populated borough in New York City which might aid attendance. If this happen, the only question that remains is what to call the new club. They better not call themselves the Queens Park Rangers (Joke that had to be said).
Soccer has been expanding gradually in the US and one of the ways they have been doing this is building Soccer specific stadiums. One of those was Red Bull Arena which was opened in 2010 for the New York Red Bulls. It's located in Harrison, New Jersey just outside of New York City. Now it seems that New York will have an actual team to root for in the city.
News is that there is a spot in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park in Queens that could be the site for a new MLS team. According to MLS Commissioner Don Garber the city is near "the finish line" for this arrangement. They hope to have a place ready for a new team by 2016.
Sounds like a great move for the league considering it's a great location compared to being outside the city. Queens is also the 2nd most populated borough in New York City which might aid attendance. If this happen, the only question that remains is what to call the new club. They better not call themselves the Queens Park Rangers (Joke that had to be said).
Friday, November 2, 2012
No Game in Brooklyn, No Room for the Steelers, and a Marathon
The topic of the week has certainly been Hurricane Sandy and the devastation that it has brought along the East Coast, especially the New York Tri-State area. While sports is certainly the last thing on anyone's mind who's in the middle of this natural disaster, it has nonetheless been talked about to some degree.
One of the big opening games of the NBA season were to feature the Brooklyn Nets playing their first regular season game at the Barclays Center against the New York Knicks. Mainly because of the flooding to the subways in NYC, the game has been postponed. Certainly a disappointment but understandable.
Then there's a couple other sporting events that seem to be on schedule despite what has happened.
The Steelers-Giants game that is set to happen Sunday at Metlife Stadium is still currently scheduled despite the fact that the Steelers have nowhere to sleep the night before or Sunday night. The hotel they were supposed to stay in Sunday night doesn't have any power. The team is going to fly into Newark Sunday morning, have a pregame meal near a hotel, and then go to the game. Afterwards, the team will fly home by charter.
Then there is the New York City Marathon. It is scheduled for Sunday and it is 26 miles long and goes across all boroughs of New York City of which significant portions do not have power or other necessary services. The Marathon has not been postponed for several reasons which are financial ones mostly.
Should either the football game or the marathon be postponed or canceled? Either event has to be given the following question: is there anyone that is not going to be getting relief or aid of some kind because of this event? To better put it, is there something better that the city, cities, or states can do with resources put in either event that would help relief efforts?
P.S. My view is that the marathon should not be held anyway. Better good can come out of those overseeing the event, yes, but the marathon happening anyway in the middle of this natural disaster leaves a bad taste in the mouth of plenty of Americans and those in need of aid. I certainly hope that there isn't any significant kind of backlash on the streets of New York City because of this, especially towards the runners who are innocent in all of it.
One of the big opening games of the NBA season were to feature the Brooklyn Nets playing their first regular season game at the Barclays Center against the New York Knicks. Mainly because of the flooding to the subways in NYC, the game has been postponed. Certainly a disappointment but understandable.
Then there's a couple other sporting events that seem to be on schedule despite what has happened.
The Steelers-Giants game that is set to happen Sunday at Metlife Stadium is still currently scheduled despite the fact that the Steelers have nowhere to sleep the night before or Sunday night. The hotel they were supposed to stay in Sunday night doesn't have any power. The team is going to fly into Newark Sunday morning, have a pregame meal near a hotel, and then go to the game. Afterwards, the team will fly home by charter.
Then there is the New York City Marathon. It is scheduled for Sunday and it is 26 miles long and goes across all boroughs of New York City of which significant portions do not have power or other necessary services. The Marathon has not been postponed for several reasons which are financial ones mostly.
Should either the football game or the marathon be postponed or canceled? Either event has to be given the following question: is there anyone that is not going to be getting relief or aid of some kind because of this event? To better put it, is there something better that the city, cities, or states can do with resources put in either event that would help relief efforts?
P.S. My view is that the marathon should not be held anyway. Better good can come out of those overseeing the event, yes, but the marathon happening anyway in the middle of this natural disaster leaves a bad taste in the mouth of plenty of Americans and those in need of aid. I certainly hope that there isn't any significant kind of backlash on the streets of New York City because of this, especially towards the runners who are innocent in all of it.
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