The vast majority of Major League Baseball fans and players would argue that the game is fine just how it is. In fact over the past decade the Major League Baseball Player Association, MLBPA, has fought tooth and nail to preserve the sport and the way they grew up playing it. What’s the cause of this revolt? Instant Replay. Replays have been a crucial part of regulating competitive sports for over 50 years. The first time instant replay made its debut on national television was during the Army-Navy college football game of 1963. Being televised nationally on CBS, the broadcast aired a short replay of a scoring drive by the Navy team. People were confused and some even though the team ran the same exact play back to back. Although not influential in overturning a missed call on the field, this was the first time the American public learned replays were even possible in real time. This made people think of the possibilities replays could bring to their beloved teams and sports they play. Back then CBS had no idea what would come from their little experiment. From then on the use of instant replay was slowly adopted by all major sports. Some slower to adapt than others but by the mid-nineties every sport but baseball had made moves to integrate instant replay into their rulebooks. So why are they making the big change now? I believe it’s because the MLB and all parties involved understand that instant replays, if integrated correctly, can impact the game in a positive way by helping not only the players and umpires, but also the fans. Umpires are the officials whom regulate major league baseball games and they’ve been doing it on their own for over 200 years. They judge every pitch, play, and out while even having to break up a fight from time to time. These guys are professionals and are trained well even though usually they are underappreciated by the common fan. For an umpire, keeping up with the 200 page rulebook is the easy part. However keeping up with the ever increasing speed of the game is a different task altogether. The subjective way in which the game of baseball has been regulated has had its quirks over time. A missed call here and there in the past didn’t really matter because no one in the stands or at home was the wiser. Recently however these blown calls have had a greater effect on the game due to the fact that fans now have instant access to re-watching the play in question. Even the umpires can look up at the big screen and see