With baseball set to start using instant replay on Thursday, there are a lot of different opinions floating around as to whether or not baseball should be doing this. Some are perfectly fine with the whole thing, thinking that it's about time the game finally adapted to this new-fangled technology, and then there are those who are whole-heartedly against it.Hell, Sal Fasano actually compared the use of replay to armageddon (Note to Sal: Shaving your mustache? That would be armageddon). On the opposite end of the spectrum from Sal, there's Twins lumberjack Justin Morneau. Justin is happy baseball has finally decided to join the 20th century, though he wishes they weren't just using replay on home run calls.
... the Twins first baseman said Tuesday he wishes MLB would go even further and have instant replay available to decide whether any batted ball is fair or foul.While I don't want to go out of my way to help a Minnesota Twin feel better, I don't think Justin will have to wait too long to get his wish.
"I don't know why they didn't go all the way," Morneau said. "That could be just as big.
"Everybody's human, everybody's going to make mistakes. Why not take advantage of all the technology to make sure those [fair or foul] calls are right?"
I'm pretty sure baseball is restricting the use of replay to home runs for the rest of this season because they just want to test things out first. Make sure the system they've implemented works right, that there are no greater controversies, and that the replays don't make games into five hour marathons (FOX actually has a clause in it's television contract that states only FOX playoff games are allowed to last that long).
If things work out well over the last month and the playoffs, and I'm sure they will, then fair and foul calls will probably be added to the list of reviewable plays for next season.

