Orange County Register: Replay ruling hurts Angels in loss to Mariners

[AngelsWin.com]

TEMPE, Ariz. – The latest replay wrinkle – yes, there seems to be one every day – is that infielders might need to change the way they play.At least, that was Mike Scioscia’s opinion after one of his infielders got dinged by instant replay...

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[tomsred]

Just wait until we have a middle infielder phantom touch of second base on a force overturned.  There could be a ton of those, unless the umps look the other way on that one.

[Jeff Fletcher]

Just wait until we have a middle infielder phantom touch of second base on a force overturned. There could be a ton of those, unless the umps look the other way on that one.

That play is specifically not reviewable because they don't want guys getting hurt by hanging in too long.

[Hollyw00d]

F'n zebras

[CaliAngel]

"Erick Aybar had been thrown out at first when he rounded the bag too wide"

 

Sounds like Aybar's boneheaded baserunning is already in mid-season form.

[Homebrewer]

Have the Angels had any review/replay calls go their way yet?

I haven't seen one.

[ABC]

"Earlier in the game, the replay procedures forced Scioscia to come out to stall. Erick Aybar had been thrown out at first when he rounded the bag too wide, and Scioscia was looking to his coaches while talking to the umpire, waiting to get a signal to tell him whether replay showed it was a play that should be challenged. The replay proved to be inconclusive and Scioscia didn’t use a challenge."

 

Will this be the norm and result in frustratingly longer games?