You see that picture? Earl Weaver just casually tossing out a whole umpire crew, probably on the second call of the game? Welp say goodbye because if it's one thing that is clear with this new replay system it's the fact that manager arguments are a thing of the past. Now all we get is a manager slowly walking out to home plate while some intern in the hallway looks at the replay and gives a thumbs up or not. They kept saying that it will speed up the game but I don't think they took into account the whole let's delay while we make sure conversation that happens every night. Don't be surprised if they institute a rule that essentially says that if the manager leaves the dugout he has to use his challenge to negate that. This also might be a slippery slope. Can you imagine if this leads to the tennis technology they are talking about calling balls and strikes? How absurd would that be? next thing you know players are going to be using the Kirk Gibson Jr. 2000.
PS No offense to Wally Backman but this is still my favorite manager argument of all time:
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