About a week or two ago, MLB announced (I think it was through media sources) that the owners, players and umpires will vote on an Instant Replay system sometime during the coming off-season.
Once again, it is my hope that all calls except balls and strikes are reviewable. The more important question, as MLB have said over the past few years, is how do they review this without interrupting the pace of the game? I'm curious, but I can wait until the off-season vote for that.
In related news, I believe more public accountability of the umpires is also needed such as making umpires talk to the media (with help from the PR representative(s) of the team(s) involved) and announcing that an umpire was fined an undisclosed amount and/ or suspended. They should also release the mid-year and end-of season evaluations of umpires (with names blacked out) starting with the end of this year.
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