I have been back and forth on what he should do, but when it comes down to it the fans are going to hate this.
I do get tired of this "human element" bs.
I disagree. IMO if Joyce thinks he is out, then he has to make that call no matter what the situation is in the game, historic or not.
9th inning, 2 outs, against a team with no chance at the playoffs down by three runs with one of the rarest sports accomplisments on the line. If you think it's close, you give the benefit to the pitcher. Thing is, it wasn't even close. We have to keep the game pure thoguh.
Yea but if he does this then it opens a whole can of worms and setting precedents on the rule book.
I've personally always been a proponent of the human element in baseball but can understand the other side's argument.
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I disagree. IMO if Joyce thinks he is out, then he has to make that call no matter what the situation is in the game, historic or not.
I have been back and forth on what he should do, but when it comes down to it the fans are going to hate this.
I do get tired of this "human element" bs.
I agree. Apparently, the "human element" is diminished in other major sports. I just want to see the right calls made. If that means instituting replay for everything except balls and strikes, so be it.
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Bud Selig sucks, but I agree that the play should stand as called.
Bud Selig has many shortcomings, but this was the right move.
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Why? What is so sacrosanct about the call on the field when there's overwhelming video evidence that it was wrong? It's not like the other team came back and won, or that there was any possible effect on the outcome of the game. It was the last play of the game. The game ended immediately afterwards anyway. Everybody's fine with replay in football; what is so holy about the on-the-field call in baseball?
Please, one of you guys explain to me exactly why a call that was A) obviously wrong, B) of historical importance, and yet C) clearly unimportant in a who-won-the-game way ought not to be overturned by a putative commissioner who has the power to make things right. Please include as part of your argument a justification why replay is a natural and good part of football, and yet overturning a call on the field in baseball is a travesty.