Major League Baseball will soon begin testing expanded replay technology at Citi Field and Yankee Stadium, according to a league official familiar with the plans.
All of the work — which could commence as soon as next week — will be done on an experimental basis, and will not be used in games this season, the official said. The replay technology, used to judge fair and foul calls, is being tested for possible future use.
Yahoo! Sports first reported the upcoming tests.
The league will be looking at two types of technology: a camera-based system used in tennis and a radar-based system used in golf. MLB will also stage tests in the New York ballparks on upcoming off days.
The league implemented video replay for home run calls in 2008.
Terry Collins counts himself as an old-schooler recently converted to pro-replay.
“For years and years and years, I wasn’t in favor of it,” the Mets’ manager said. “I thought this was a game played by human beings who make mistakes.
“But now the technology is so good, it can happen so fast, you might as well use it. Get the calls right, because with what’s happening now — we’re seeing tough calls that can change the course of a pennant race.”
Does Collins worry about additional replay slowing the pace of games?
“It would take a lot less time to go look at a replay than to go out and argue a call,” he said. “So why not get it right?”
