MLB may ban video cameras, electricity to ease umps’ jobs
Updated: October 21, 2009

By , PhillyGameday.com

umpireMajor League umpires have come under fire this postseason for several questionable calls and commissioner Bud Selig may step in to resolve the issue.

Because of the threat video replay now poses to the umpires’ authority and job security, Selig may opt for a ban on all electronic gadgetry in Major League ballparks starting next season.

“Players and coaches have always fought with umpires, but it wasn’t until we started filming games that our officials started to miss calls,” Selig said on Wednesday. “Baseball was never as popular as it was during the TV-less, deadball era of the 1920s and I think that’s because our umpires were allowed to do their jobs without being undermined by electricity. I think it’s pretty obvious that a return to those days would benefit our sport immensely.”

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