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by trouble315 on October 25th, 2009
From USA Today: 8/30/09
Nearly a year ago, Alex Rodriguez sent a ninth-inning fly ball sailing high over the left-field foul pole and ricocheting off a catwalk above the playing surface at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Fla.
When umpiring crew chief Charlie Reliford heeded Tampa Bay Rays manager Joe Maddon's request to review the play Sept. 3, it marked the first time video replay was employed to influence a ruling in the major leagues.
After reviewing the play for 2 minutes, 15 seconds, umpires concluded they had made the correct call on the field. Rodriguez's ball was fair. His home run stood.
There was no squawking from Maddon, who thinks the system is useful and fair. "It has not been intrusive," he says. "It's only (about) getting it right."
Major League Baseball, traditionally slow to adopt change, made a landmark decision when it decided to integrate video replay on a limited basis into its umpiring process beginning Aug. 28 last year.
It became the last major team sport to use video replay as a tool in officiating.
Why do they remove a ball from play when it is pitched and hits the clay, but not when the batter hits it into the clay?
by melisma on September 8th, 2008
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How is a save recorded in baseball
by JCLUCKY on May 21st, 2009
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At home plate in the batters box how deep does the red dirt have to be before you get to the clay or bricks
by mcdaniel on February 12th, 2009
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Do more regulations not give big Corporations more power?
by Weylon on January 16th, 2012
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Do the outside edges of the Foul Lines in Baseball line up with the outside edges of 1B and 3B, thus going "over" the base? Or, are they supposed to go along side the outside edge of the bases? I have seen it both ways many places. Which is correct?
by Chris T. on May 27th, 2009
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