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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.
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