by Pat LackeyFiled under: MLB Biz, MLB Umpires, Sports Business and MediaIf you were hoping to see expanded instant replay in 2010 MLB Playoffs, Bud Selig is here to crush your dreams. He told the AP Monday night that he's decided not to expand replay for the coming postseason on the recommendation of his self-appointed Special Committee for On-Field Matters.
"I brought the subject up, as I always do with everybody," Selig said. "I don't get the feeling that there's a lot of support for it, at least their conversations with me.
"We're analyzing things. Our committee said we need to study it more, maybe have a few more months of study. But from the numbers that I heard, of the controversial tough plays, (the umpires) got something like 98 percent right."
In direct contrast to the claim that there isn't much groundswell in support of expanded replay, ESPN.com's Jayson Stark has been talking to managers for a couple months about replay and 75 percent of the ones he's talked to want to see more of it. Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments
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