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Baseball general managers failed to take a vote Tuesday on expanding instant replay following a postseason filled with blown calls by umpires.
Baseball began video review late in the 2008 season, but only to determine whether potential home runs were fair or foul or cleared fences. Commissioner Bud Selig said he opposed expanding replay but that baseball would review its implementation.
Jimmie Lee Solomon, executive vice president of baseball operations in the commissioner's office, said GMs listened to a report on replay.
"We talked about the mechanics behind instant replay. We talked about the structure. We talked about where it's housed, the umpires' procedure," Solomon said. "But it was all confined to the current instant replay system that we have. There was no other vote or discussion other than what we currently have."
Baseball began video review late in the 2008 season, but only to determine whether potential home runs were fair or foul or cleared fences. Commissioner Bud Selig said he opposed expanding replay but that baseball would review its implementation.
Jimmie Lee Solomon, executive vice president of baseball operations in the commissioner's office, said GMs listened to a report on replay.
"We talked about the mechanics behind instant replay. We talked about the structure. We talked about where it's housed, the umpires' procedure," Solomon said. "But it was all confined to the current instant replay system that we have. There was no other vote or discussion other than what we currently have."
