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Originally Posted by The Porn Nerd
Yes but with baseball it's even worse somehow. The umpire is standing right there, two feet away, so is he safe or is he out? Oh, we have to watch a super slo-mo replay fifty times. And the same guys reviewing the play are the ones who were standing two feet away from the play! So they are reviewing their own calls. It's ridiculous.
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Actually, in baseball and football the reviews are done by an officiating crew in New York. The up/ref gets on a headset and talks to them while following along on a screen, but the final call is made by an official in the replay booth.