That’s my summary assessment of the new proposal to allow “limited” use of video instant replay to review calls by umpirss in Major League Ball games. The proposal has been floated by the leagues general managers by a 25-5 vote. The commissioner will decide how (and whether) to move the proposal forward.

Unlike the NFL, which has a wide range of calls that may be reviewed via video, and at the behest of a coach (except in the last two minutes of each half), the general managers’ proposal calls for replay to be used “only to determine the validity — or lack thereof — of a home run.” Further, like the NHL, there would be only one replay-reviewing location, for MLB likely at the commissioner’s office area.

Even if instant replay is approved by whatever procedure the commissioner sets up, it would still have to be approved by both the players’ association and the umpires association before being used.

I don’t think that will happen.

More at the MLB site.