Video replay has been a part of Major League Baseball for several years now. With technology involving, baseball of the last of the major sports to implement a video replay during games. So far, that has solved some of the issues surrounding missed calls by umpires. However, there is still one major issue: balls and strikes. Those issues came to a head on Friday afternoon during the Chicago Cubs’ game at Wrigley Field.
In the fifth inning of Friday’s contest, John Lackey fired a 2-2 pitch to pitcher Carlos Martinez that was basically right down the middle.