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Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 3:56 pm Post subject: Major League Baseball's Instant Replay
With the New York Yankees up 6-3 in the top of the ninth-inning on Wednesday night Alex Rodriguez stepped to the plate and hammered a 2-2 offering from Tampa Bay Rays reliever Troy Percival high over the left field foul pole, rattling the catwalk positioned just behind the determiner.
Third base umpire Paul Runge quickly signaled homerun and for the 31st time this season Rodriguez took the trip around the bases and was greeted by Bobby Abreu who had been standing on second when A-Rod hit the bomb.
While the homerun was Rodriguez’s 31st of the season, gave the Yankees an 8-3 lead and broke his tie on the all-time home run list with Mike Schmidt with career HR No. 549, it was what happened after the ball landed that became major league history.
For the first time in Major League Baseball history umpires used instant replay to determine whether the blast was fair or foul. It was Rays catcher Dioner Navarro who instigated the replay request when he protested the call and manager Joe Maddon came out of the dugout to meet with the umpires.
After a brief two minute recess to review the call the umpires upheld the Rodriguez homerun.
New York went on to beat the Rays 8-4, sending Tampa Bay to their second consecutive loss and shrinking their AL East lead to three games over the Boston Red Sox. _________________
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