mlb instant replay
Umps use instant replay to verify count in Yankees game
HOUSTON — With Yangervis Solarte at the plate in the top of the ninth in Thursday night’s 4-2 win against the Astros, the umpiring crew initiated a video replay to...
MLB instant replay one more aspect for teams to manage
Expanded instant replay is working. Just be careful, managers, not to waste your challenges. Something may come up bigger down the umpire road. That is the instant reaction to expanded...
And now the flaws in MLB replay system are exposed
PHOENIX — When should a manager challenge a call? That's a crucial element of baseball's new replay rule. Make it at the wrong time, and it can backfire. San Francisco...
Opening Day replay reviews took an average of 1:39
The results of the five reviews Monday under Major League Baseball's expanded replay system: CONFIRMED (Umpire's calls that are upheld by replay review): • Nationals at Mets. Washington manager Matt Williams...
One small glitch in first replay challenge in New York
If Major League Baseball’s expanded instant replay proceeds with as little fanfare as it did Monday at Citi Field, it will be a huge success. Shoot, MLB officials, anticipating considerable...
New instant replay used for first time and ... Cubs lose
PITTSBURGH — Major League Baseball has used expanded replay for the first time, and the umpire's call was confirmed in a game between the Chicago Cubs and Pittsburgh Pirates. Cubs...
Fancy new replay hub will help baseball get more calls right
Well , the equipment is cool. “This,” someone said, “is like the greatest Man Cave ever.” Well, there’s no tapped kegs and there’s no wings on demand and there’s no...
Keep fighting! Can’t let replay ruin battles with umps
PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. — Ah, the sights and sounds of baseball yesterday, of a bygone era, of black-and-white newsreels and afternoon newspapers ... Infielders used to leave their mitts —...
Game's future unveiled as MLB sees first instant replay
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Challenged for the first time under Major League Baseball’s expanded replay system, umpires got it right. The umps went 3-for-3 on Monday as MLB tried out the...
Expanded replay coming to MLB in 2014 season
PARADISE VALLEY, Ariz. — Expanded instant replay, featuring a challenge system for managers, is 100 percent happening in the 2014 baseball season. The labyrinthine process took its final step Thursday...
MLB replay, collision changes good for game
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — It’s too early to say who’s winning what in the 2014 baseball season, but here’s one prediction about what we’ll see: It’s going to be...
Disaster averted, but MLB still needs replay ASAP
I visited with my wife and some of her friends in the bottom of the first inning Wednesday night at Fenway Park, so I had a fan’s-eye view as the...