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After a rough week for umpires, calls for instant replay gaining momentum

Associated Press

Tuesday, May 20, 2008

Chipper Jones has seen enough. Now he wants baseball to take a closer look -- at instant replay. "Anything to get calls right," the Atlanta star said Tuesday. A lot of fans are saying the same thing after umpires botched a pair of home-run rulings on national TV. On Sunday night, umps at Yankee Stadium reversed their correct call and concluded a shot by Carlos Delgado of the Mets was foul. On Monday night, umps in Houston mistakenly ruled a ball off a center-field wall was in play, prompting ...

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