(occasionally at OOB on Thursdays, I rant in list fashion)
Things That Stalled Negotiations Between MLB & The Umpires Regarding The Use of Instant Replay
1. Battles ensued over who gets to say, "After further review..."
2. Replay dismissed by umps because it "will just prove that we're always right"
3. Fear that it will create fewer reasons to eject Bobby Cox
4. Concerns whether shroud over monitor is large enough to accommodate an average umpire's head size
5. Umpires wanted to use replay to determine whether to use replay
6. Umpires requested video monitor occasionally show snippets from The Food Network
7. Cost of installing umpire-requested "sound proof booths" in MLB dugouts too prohibitive
8. The number of 12-year-olds needed to competently run the computers replay would require presented logistical nightmare, especially when school is in session
9. Dodgers manager Joe Torre's request to use replay to determine length of Manny Ramirez's dreadlocks kept coming up
10. The term "wind-blown home run" will now need to be changed to "video-aided home run"
11. Fear that certain hard-line umpires will ostracize video monitor during umpires' down time on the road
12. Concerns over wording on new umpire creed, which is proposed to be, "It ain't nothin' till I see it again on TV."
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