Baseball replay could be in place by end of August

[cboy4]

Updated: August 13, 2008, 7:43 PM ET

WASHINGTON -- Major League Baseball is working out technical issues to start instant replay for boundary calls such as home runs, hoping to institute the system later this year.

"We've got lots of time in August," Bob DuPuy, the sport's chief operating officer, said Wednesday as a two-day owners' meeting began. "There's plenty of August still to go."

Replay was among the topics discussed but doesn't require a vote because it is not a rule change.

"There's not any opposition to it that I've heard," DuPuy said.

Commissioner Bud Selig, once a staunch opponent, appears to be more comfortable with the use of replay. Agreements are needed with the players' association and umpires' union.

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3533985

[MaineDem]

1. I voted YES with conditions

Boundary calls, ok. Anything else, no.

Is it a homer or not? That's about the only time I can see it working. Not for balls and strikes and umpires' calls on the bases.

[cboy4]

2. Yea, and I think that's the way it's going to work.

I think it should also be used at home plate for questionable runs .. especially late in the game.