Major League Baseball announced Tuesday that it will start using limited instant replay on Thursday, when the Minnesota Twins open a series with the Oakland A’s–thus further solidifying football as America’s Pasttime, despite potential labor struggles in the NFL.

Instant replay will be used for the remainder of the year to decide fair or foul on home runs, in or out on home runs, and fan interference. Which is great, because umpires certainly have proven adept at screwing those calls up in recent years.

My biggest problem with the implementation process is when it’s occuring–randomly in the middle of the season? Meaning some teams will have more games with instant replay than others?

I’m guessing in the long run, it’s probably going to be a wash–but at the same time, if a team misses post season by a single game, and between them and the team they missed out to 2 games were decided by overturned close calls in an extra game or two of instant replay–aren’t they going to be a little upset?

Then again, what do you expect from a league that has home field advantage determined by an exhibition game mid-season?