Safe or Out: Instant Replay in the MLB

No sports scandal has similarly shocked America or had such a lasting impact on its culture. The Black Sox players were suspected of throwing the World Series, and underwent trails. On August 2, 1921, the Black Sox were found guilty on all accounts. The final verdict was that all eight players to be permanently banned from organized baseball. The Black Sox players should not be banned from baseball for life. Although the players threw the World Series and had a huge negative impact on the fans and the game, they should not be banned for life because, they were only in it for the money, not all of the players that were banned were involved, and they tried to call off the fix.

Baseball statistics are meant to be a representation of a player’s talent. Since baseball’s inception around the mid-19th century, statistics have been used to interpret the talent level of any given player, however, the statistics that have been traditionally used to define talent are often times misleading. At a fundamental level, baseball, like any game, is about winning. To win games, teams have to score runs; to score runs, players have to get on base any way they can. All the while, the pitcher and the defense are supposed to prevent runs from scoring. As simplistic as this view sounds, the statistics being used to evaluate individual players were extremely flawed. In an attempt to develop more

The evolution of baseball has changed everything about baseball everything is different since the beginning ,including the players and how they play every new era has been better and their knowledge and how the play.The new generation of baseball players are showing baseball something they have never seen before.

Did you zone out while watching the game and missed an important moment? Well the instant replay still has your back so you get full details on everything. “Instant replay may be a boon for people watching on tv,” Berman says. Also if you don’t get it the first replay there is likely to be more “Who get benefit of seeing the play in question dozens of times from every angle and hearing from commentators whose job it is to get them interested” Berman continues.

Today, if the World Series was fixed, the nation would be in disbelief. Nowadays gambling is not relevant but in the 1900’s it was. The Black Sox Fix was a major scandal involving eight Chicago White Sox players who threw the World Series against the Cincinnati Reds. These eight players were all offered different sums of money if they threw the series. The World Series was best out of nine games and the winning team would need to win five. The eight players threw the games until they were not getting the money they were promised. The players began to play better and win the games though they still lost the series five to three games in the end. The World Series impacted how baseball was

With the history of a first failed attempt in the way and the fact that coaches will not give up a timeout to challenge a call, the league is stuck between a rock and a hard place. Without giving up a timeout the game will run too long, as it did before, and they know they can't give free reign to challenge every call. What the league must do is simple. First, keep instant replay out of the game and end this debate. Let the human element decide the outcome. The tight end who drops the ball in the end zone doesn't get a second chance. Why should the official?

The game was headed to the bottom of the ninth and the Marlins were looking for a come back. Johnny Field lead off the Marlins with a huge double to put the tying run into scoring position. The Braves were able to retire the next two Marlins up to bat. It was then Scotty Stanton who was up to the plate. In Stanton’s last plate appearance, he flew out to the center fielder just in front of the four hundred and seven foot center field wall. While walking up to the plate, Stanton thought to himself, “Get yourself a pitch that you can drive, make sure you get this tying run in.” Stanton stepped into the box and took the first pitch for a strike on the outside corner. The second pitch he saw was a curveball that seemed to be high, but the umpire called a questionable strike on Stanton. He knew that he had to battle and foul off some tough pitches. The next two pitches were off-speed and low, Stanton knew that the pitcher was trying to get him to chase a bad pitch. The Marlins fans were on their feet, cheering as loud as they could, rooting for Stanton to get in that tying run on second. The pitcher was set, Stanton’s focus was completely on the ball. The pitcher delivered a high and in fastball and Stanton did not miss it. Stanton gave the ball a ride to deep left field, the crowd jumped as soon as the ball left his bat knowing that it had the chance to get out. The left fielder ran all the way to the

Moments after the home plate umpire called Brett out, Brett charged home plate looking as if he was going to run over the umpire, but before he got there another umpire intercepted Brett by the neck. During this commotion teammate Gaylord Perry was attempting to swipe the evidence of the bat and hide it in the dugout, but he failed at this attempt. The Royals lost this game and Brett was ejected. The Royals manager sent an appeal to the American League Commissioner and he decided the game would be finished on August 18th from the point of Brett’s home run. The Royals ended up winning the game 5-4, even without Brett.

Baseball has been played by millions of people all over the world. The sport has been a staple of entertainment on radio and tv for many years. And just in the last few decades there has been a huge spike in arm injuries, and a lot of them have been in younger players. "Year-round baseball is number one,"is what Dr. Andrews said about Tommy John surgery(Snyder). What year round baseball means is that players play baseball in the fall and winter months, this never happened in years before. Also kids are now being allowed times for their arms to rest and heal. Year round baseball should definitely be regulated one reason is the increasing amount of arm injuries in younger kids, Also the kids may burn out mentally and not want to play the sport anymore, they may just one day say they do not want to

Admittedly, implementing instant replay for all levels of baseball would be economically challenging. However, at the very least, instant replay should be implemented on the professional level where the athletes are being paid and millions of fans are paying to watch a good game.

Balls were hit, strikes were swung, and outs were cast. One and two and three, and as fast as the inning began, it ended. Those who spectated cheered, and others who watched booed. The home team who was defending now attacked, but just as swift as those before them, they were struck down, only ever hitting their mark once. When the Dodgers reached the plate again, fortune was struck, along with the ball, and away it was sent, beyond the green field of contest, and the enemy team cheered loud and full, for they were ahead in the struggle. The outs continued to add up, and innings continued to be completed. Through a sacrifice of a hit, a run was finally scored for the Giants. Furious exclamation came from the stadium, filling the air with the cheers of the onlookers, but short lived was this joy, for in just the next inning the Dodgers stole back their domination of the field. Before the game was almost finished, only two outs before the Giants were crushed, they swept back with a glorious score which made the onlookers even more feverous than before. With this score, the game was extended further, so a victor could be

Major League Baseball’s (MLB) commissioners are debating about the anabolic steroids situation that is occurring in professional baseball today. To many professionals are getting accused of using the harmful drug. Professional baseball players are getting tested twice a year for anabolic substances throughout the course of the regular season. In order to stop steroids in MLB, commissioners should pass random drug testing. Tony Larussa stated, “By having random drug tests, it would make the game of baseball true once again.” Steroids are ruining the game of baseball, and the commissioners need to decide on something soon. By having random drug tests in Major League Baseball throughout the season, it would fix the problems that baseball is

The Orioles have developed two potential hall of fame players, Mike Mussina and Manny Machado, over the past twenty years. Mike Mussina was the Orioles ace during their last playoff run in 1996-1997, and received over 50% of total votes for the hall of fame in last year’s voting. Manny Machado has been a star for the Orioles since 2012 and is just about ready to reach his prime years as a player.

Baseball is America’s pastime. Thousands of fans every season gather in stadiums nationwide to watch as players take the diamond. People of all ages have a love for baseball, after all it is the all American sport. Baseball was loved by millions until one day when the truth came out. The 1919 World Series had been rigged. Hearts were broken and sadness spread across America. These crooked people didn’t intentionally try to ruin baseball but there were reasons why these men went astray. People didn’t want to believe it was true… but it was. The Chicago White Sox had intentionally thrown the series and let the Cincinnati Reds win (encyclopedia). There began the painful tribulation of the Black Sox scandal.

The younger technology driven generation makes a case for the use of instant replays standing on the platform that if we have the technology and ability to get a call correct why not use all the tools available to do so. The older more traditional generation of sports fans argue that sports in America has been played this way for years and that human error is part of the game. Why people are against using instant replay is that they say it will slow down the game. But none of the officials are super and can get every call right and fair but with televised replays they can. The instant replays allow the officials to modify a bad call that could’ve been a game