Bud Selig announced today that he was bringing an NFL replay system to MLB as early as the end of this month. The system has proved successful in the NFL over the past decade or so, and baseball fans and players have been clamoring for it over the past few seasons. The system will allow umpires to put a replay on the stadium screen of an NFL game, should the baseball on the field become too boring for the fans in attendance.

"There have been a lot of events this year that have made people stand up and say we want replay like the NFL has," said Selig at a news conference talking about the new technology. "We had a game go 23 innings back in March! Who can sit through that?! We've had a couple no-hitters, also very boring for the fans. This system will allow fans something fun to watch if the baseball gets too much to take. Say the catcher is going out to talk to the pitcher for the 12th time that inning. We just put some NFL action up on the jumbotron and everyone can still be entertained."

The system is already making strides to fix some of the blown calls that happen during games. During a Twins-Cardinals matchup, in which the system was being tested, there was a disputed Twins homerun that sent manager Ron Gardenhire out to argue with officials. The umps then called upon the replay system that showed the ending of an intense Colts-Patriots game. Gardenhire then realized that it wasn't worth arguing about, as it was only boring old baseball, and if he delays too long he'll miss the Vikings training camp coverage on ESPN tonight.

So far the NFL replay system is working out great to help fix occasional boredom and blown calls all over the country. During a Washington Nationals game, however, the NFL replays will be shown during the entire game. News of this has led to a 16% increase in ticket sales.

SportsComedian.com
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