Professional baseball replay verification “requests” increased by 18% on October 8 at 21:34
The number of “requests” that professionals can request for video replay verification in professional baseball was 584 times this season, an 18% increase over last season.
“Request” is a system in which the director can request replay verification by video if there is an objection to the judgment. According to the NPB = Japan Baseball Organization, the regular season that is the second year of introduction is 584 times in total for the entire team. Yes, 90 times compared to last season, an increase of 18.2%.
Of these, the judgment was covered 176 times, or 30.1%, or 2.7 points lower than last season.
The time taken for verification in the request was 2 minutes 2 seconds on average, 6 seconds shorter than last season.
Regarding the request, even if there are objections to the judgment this season, it can not be requested because it is out of play, and there is a dissatisfaction voice from the team, or the view of the request is different between the referee team and the team There was a case.
NPB Director Ihara Satoshi said, “I would like to make a survey for the 12 teams, gather opinions from the field, and make improvements for the next season if there is a point for improvement.”