MLB: Rekindling the Instant Replay Controversy

Proponents for instant replay scoff at the idea that this would slow play down, asserting that conferences are already slow enough.

But if, as Ken Rosenthal suggests, there is the technology for instant replay, how could one justify implementing instant replay for a scenario which rarely occurs and not utilizing it for a scenario which is more frequent?

That said, this now occasional instant replay would evolve into a tool used for six percent of pitches. And then how many close plays at the plate? At first? A catch in the outfield? A pitcher balking? Stealing signs? Where would it stop?

How could one justify using this technology for an occasional occurrance when there is a multitude of other mistakes made throughout a game?

Let's put this another way. Think of how angering it is during football season when an obvious blown call is ruled "unchallengable" by league rules. Either a down by contact or other. Would this same frustration not exist in baseball games where a ball that would have led to a walk is called a strike and the count is set at 3-2?

I know chicks dig the longball but creating a rule which only affects home runs is kind of ridiculous, isn't it?

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