
Instead, most calls on the field next season will be subject to video review by umpires in New York, Major League Baseball took the first vote in a two-step process Thursday, unanimously approving funding for expanded instant replay in 2014. ''We made a gigantic move today,'' Commissioner Bud Selig said. MLB allowed it starting August 2008 but in a limited manner: to determine whether potential home runs were fair or cleared fences. ''Tag plays, out/safe at first, fair/foul past the bags, those are all going to be included,'' said Rob Manfred, MLB's chief operating officer.
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