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Replay Review Redux

Edgy MD
May 29 2022 11:34 AM

Just a question as I mull over the overturned foul ball/hit batsman call from last night. Have you ever see any manager effectively out of challenges?



As I understand, the rule currently allows (it changes every year):


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  • [*]the manager to challenge one call per regular-season game,
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  • [*]the manager to challenge a further call if his initial challenge was successful,

  • [*]and so on;
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  • [*]the manager to get an additional challenge in extra innings (this may no longer be the case),
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  • [*]and again, get to continue making challenges if his previous challenge was successful;
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  • [*]the manager can ask the crew chief to call for a review if he has exhausted his own opportunities.
    • [/list]



    It just seems like the conservative reserve that the one-per-game policy is supposed to represent doesn't exist at all in the real world. Has anybody ever seen a manager out of challenges ask for a crew chief to call for a review on his own, and not get it? I'm not sure I have. And so the one-per-game policy is really an as-many-as-you-need-as-long-as-you're-not-a-dick-about-it policy.



    The other day (in San Francisco?), I think we had a manager (Gabe Kapler?) out of challenges, so he asked the crew chief to call for a review, and the chief acceded, despite the play in review being his call.



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    Frayed Knot
    May 29 2022 01:27 PM
    Re: Replay Review Redux

    The mound visit limit is also essentially a non-existent limit.

    Five visits (used to be six) per team per game (who knows about extra innings?). Except that visits for a pitching change don't count toward the total, nor do injury visits nor those following supposed cross-ups. And neither do the ones where the other team puts up a pinch-hitter (How were we supposed to know they were going to use Him!).



    So the count would probably have to approach a combined 15 to 20 before the umps could chain the respective P.C.'s to the bench.