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Posted by tgl on 2005-06-18 23:52:32 +0000

The replay would be nice, however, I don't think baseball has such a burning need for it as football did. When the schedule is 162 games, a successful year doesn't hinge on a blown call like it might in football. That being said, there is no reason _not_ to do it, either. Replays during Game 7 of the World Series, only.

Posted by dawnbixtler on 2005-06-20 02:18:16 +0000

Fortunately for baseball, football tried it first, and look what happened. Calls are a part of the game, and it is game.

Posted by tendiamonds on 2005-06-21 14:02:04 +0000

Hear, hear! Bad calls are part of the game. We have officials to keep us from arguing over the rules and the calls, we have TV so that the folks at home can continue to argue, but the people on the field can continue with the game.

Posted by tgl on 2005-06-21 14:44:21 +0000

Hmmm, compelling. It is just a game. Not like it's a sport or anything.

Posted by tendiamonds on 2005-06-21 15:08:29 +0000

Football needs gay shit like instant replay... it's so thick with rules and technicalities. The _point_ of football is to fickle around with rules. Baseball on the other hands, in the words of Crash Davis, "is a very simple game. You throw the ball, you catch the ball, you hit the ball. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, sometimes it rains."

Posted by dawnbixtler on 2005-06-21 16:45:35 +0000

There's a lot of truth to this. Football rules change every year, and you [url=http://www.nfl.com/fans/rules/]cannot even get an accurate description of them[/url] from the NFL. ("Not meant to be a substitute for the official rule book," What are they affraid of?) I remember the Trivial Pursuit question from the original edition: What sport has the largest rule book? Football. Football is constantly changing and morphing and adding rules. The whole league is somewhat of an experiment, and they are tinkering with the replay. I personally think it is a little gay, especially the free time out it currently affords.

Posted by tgl on 2005-06-21 16:52:26 +0000

I'll say it again: NFL runs itself like a communist state. MLB is the personafication of American capitalism (laissez faire but dependent on government largesse bolster profits artificially).