ManInBlack
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Does MLB need to make greater use of video replay? In the wake of Jim Joyce's blown call that cost Armando Galarraga his perfect game, we are already hearing many loud calls for MLB to bring in more video replay. The arguments for increased use of replay are relatively straightforward: replay will ensure that the right calls are made and, ultimately, that the integrity of the game is preserved. The primary arguments against this move, as I understand them, are that increased use of replay would slow the games down and that it would remove the human element from the game. As badly as I feel for Galarraga (and for Joyce for that matter), I have to say that I am quite attached to the human element of baseball. I just can't quite put my finger on what that human element is or on what it brings to the game. It seems to me that increased use of replay would go some distance towards somehow sterilizing baseball. I am just having difficulty describing that element of the game that I fear would be lost if video replay were used extensively. Anyone have any thoughts on this question?