September 30 at PNC Park in Pittsburgh, PA
ROOT Sports
Look, there are far too many instant replays shown of each particular play during television broadcasts.
A big hit, home run, important strike out, great defensive play? If you want to show that replay more than once, I suppose that's fine. But a lot of the time you get multiple replays of everything.
In this afternoon's 8-2 Pittsburgh win we saw the following:
* Bottom 4, Kolten Wong missed a tag at second base.
Total replays shown: 5
Yes, it was close and the base runner, Aramis Ramriez did a good job of avoiding the tag. But five replays?
* Bottom 5, come backer to the mound, throw is late to first.
Total replays shown: 4
Yes, the pitcher, Miguel Socolovich, looked to injure himself on the play. But four replays?
* Top 2, ground ball to first base that was initially bobbled by
Pedro Alvarez, but then Alvarez jogged to first for the easy 3-U put
out.
TOTAL REPLAYS SHOWN: THREE
I think we should set the maximum amount of replays to two, unless it's being challenged and/OR a middle-aged man tumbles onto the field trying to retrieve a rolling foul ball.
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