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March 23, 2006
Smooth Start for Instant Replay in Tennis: "Instant replay made its tour debut Wednesday at the Nasdaq-100 Open, and initial reviews were favorable."
"It takes a lot of pressure off," Jackson said. "You don't get so angry. If you think a call is incorrect, you don't spend extra games thinking about it."
"It's a little less stress," Harkleroad said. "If you think you're sure (about a call), you're in control of that, not somebody else."
This is great! I hope Baseball implements something similar to review close plays (not balls / strikes) but general plays / hits ...
posted by zippinglou to tennis at 12:33 AM - 7 comments
This is great! I hope Baseball implements something similar to review close plays (not balls / strikes) but general plays / hits ... That's not going to happen anytime soon. No interest from the commissioner, no interest from the owners, no interest from the players. Basic video replay makes sense for tennis: a play is made, the ball is either in or out, and the result of the play depends entirely on whether the ball was in or out. But why implement that sort of system for baseball? I don't think anybody has an issue with the current status of foul line calls, and implementing replay for anything else would be too complex to be worth it.
posted by DrJohnEvans at 08:33 AM on March 23, 2006
I think you are probably right on as usual Dr. John. Not only would the strike zone be too complicated for this kind of thing, but the fact that a strike zone fluctuates from game to game is huge in baseball. some games its bigger, some games its smaller, I can't imagine pitchers, or batters arguing for its standardization; it just wouldnt fit the nature of the game.
posted by everett at 09:27 AM on March 23, 2006
I want to see John McEnroe argue with Hawkeye. Now, that would be interesting.
posted by owlhouse at 01:56 PM on March 23, 2006
I think you are probably right on as usual Dr. John. Not only would the strike zone be too complicated for this kind of thing, but the fact that a strike zone fluctuates from game to game is huge in baseball. some games its bigger, some games its smaller, I can't imagine pitchers, or batters arguing for its standardization; it just wouldnt fit the nature of the game Couldn't agree more. The only way for it to work on balls/strikes would be to dump the catcher and put up a hockey syle net somewhere behind home plate. In the net, strike, out of the net, ball. But then think of all of the un-employeed catchers!
posted by commander cody at 04:19 PM on March 23, 2006
also, all the wild pitches... how would you intentionally walk someone without giving up a run? That would be awesome.
posted by everett at 04:23 PM on March 23, 2006
also, all the wild pitches... how would you intentionally walk someone without giving up a run? That would be awesome. It would be kind of fun to watch at that wouldn't it.
posted by commander cody at 01:19 PM on March 24, 2006
Interesting: In the first four matches on stadium court, nine calls were challenged, with only two reversed ... WTA Tour executive Angie Cunningham said the ball landed within 3 centimeters of the line on each of the challenged rulings. I'd like to know, in total, how many times the ball came within 3 cm of the line -- in other words, how often to the line judges get it right? And wow: As expected, each review in the opening match took less than 10 seconds. Thanks for the link, zippinglou. BTW, the last post in the 'Tennis' topic was a preview on this, in case anybody missed it.