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This overturned call in the A’s-Astros game is one of the more questionable ones you’ll ever see

Generally speaking, replay review has been a good thing for the four major sports. Coaches, players and fans especially want to see obvious blown calls made right, and if that takes 10 minutes and stunts the flow of the game, so be it. It's a small price to pay to not get Don Denkinger'd.
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With that being said, there's so much wrong with the replay system, specifically in the MLB. What was originally supposed to be a system that fixes clearly incorrect calls has turned into one that dissects bang-bang, tie goes to the runner type plays like they are the Zapruder Film. The latest of these situations occurred last night in Oakland, when the A's took on the Houston Astros in a huge game in the AL West division race. With the Astros leading 3-2 in the bottom of the ninth, A's outfielder Nick Martini stepped to the plate with one out and a runner on first. After working a 2-2 count, Marti..

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European Tour announcers drop F-bomb on air, continue to be the best broadcast in golf

Bashing coverage teams has become common practice for fans, no matter the sport in question. That includes golf, which is coming off a particularly brutal showing at the PGA Championship, one that featured mistaken names, an excessive amount of commercials and missed action.
However, the viewer is usually in good hands when it comes to the presentation of the European Tour. No matter your side of the pond, the respective networks employ knowledgeable commentators and a spartan game plan that eliminates the bells and whistles to focus on, you know, golf. The European Tour knows its audience, and caters to them as such.
Of course, no one is immune to mistakes, evidenced in this accidental F-bomb during the Nordea Masters:
https://twitter.com/golfweek_marty/status/1030551633363718144?s=12
At least, we think it's accidental. European Tour CEO Keith Pelley does like to think outside the box. The first rule in broadcast journalism is to tell the people what they don't know, and in ..

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