Does Baseball Need Even More Technology for Plays Like Pete Alonso's Disputed Fly Ball?
MLB said replay angles were inconclusive, leaving the original foul call standing and prompting criticism from Pete Alonso and the Orioles.
- On Wednesday, MLB replay officials upheld a controversial foul call on a seventh-inning fly ball hit by Baltimore Orioles slugger Pete Alonso, determining available camera angles were inconclusive.
- Third base umpire Will Little initially ruled the ball foul, prompting Orioles manager Craig Albernaz to challenge immediately, but the Replay Official could not definitively overturn the call.
- Alonso questioned why MLB lacks technology for fair-foul calls, while Yankees manager Aaron Boone noted that replay specialist Brett Weber observed 'significant doubt' from overhead angles, though Boone stated: 'I think it was foul.'
- The Orioles fell 5-3 to the New York Yankees at Camden Yards on Wednesday, a defeat that leaves Baltimore trailing by 1.5 games in the American League wild-card chase.
- Orioles pitcher Chris Bassitt called the lack of technology 'crazy,' yet experts note Hawk-Eye data remains unreliable far from the field, limiting MLB's ability to provide definitive fair-foul rulings on high fly balls.
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Washington TimesDoes baseball need even more technology for plays like Pete Alonso’s disputed fly ball?
Alonso’s deep fly was ruled foul, and the call stood after a review in Baltimore’s 5-3 loss to the New York Yankees on Wednesday night. That led to plenty of outcry — and calls for baseball to use technology to evaluate possible home runs near the foul pole.
“Sorry Pete (Alonso)”: Yankees Manager Offers Take on Controversial Foul Call After Win Over Orioles
Pete Alonso hit a go-ahead home run that wasn’t. The towering drive to left was supposed to help the Baltimore Orioles take the lead against the New York Yankees. But umpires ruled it a foul ball. It became a frustrating what-if for the crowd at Camden Yards as the Yankees eventually clinched a 5-3 win. And Aaron Boone offered his take on the play. “We were unsure, and Webby [Yankees replay coordinator Brett Weber] went out and looked after the…
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Does baseball need even more technology for plays like Pete Alonso's disputed fly ball?
Pete Alonso’s deep fly was ruled foul, and the call stood after a review in Baltimore’s 5-3 loss to the New York Yankees on Wednesday night
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