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This is Scientific American’s 60-Second Science. I’m Steve Mersky. Got a minute?
Here’s why it’s time for instant replay in major league baseball. Don’t worry, this is a technology story. Four times within a week recently, what were clearly home runs according to the video were ruled otherwise by umpires. I happened to be watching two of the incidents as they happened. Baseball has long declined1 to use replay because officials insisted that the human factor of umpiring was part of the game. Even if it meant getting calls wrong, just as players make fielding errors. Here’s why that’s bunk2. Umpires do in fact feel free to look for conventional evidence after the fact. They will consult with other umpires, comparing their differing eyewitness3 accounts. And they will employ forensic4 techniques to the ball itself. For example, they examine it for yellow paint that might have transferred to it when it hit a yellow wall over the outfield fence. These attempts to find and use evidence make the non-use of video replay a capricious rejection5 of technology. Fans shouldn’t feel when they root, root, root for the home team, if they don’t win it’s a shame.

Thanks for the minute for Scientific American’s 60-Second Science. I'm Steve Mersky.

 


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1 declined 59e6b9e272eca41f44360ca9b264e57e     
v.辞谢,谢绝(邀请等)( decline的过去式和过去分词 );(道路、物体等)下倾;(太阳)落下;(在品格、价值上)降低
参考例句:
  • We asked her to come to our party, but she declined. 我们请她来参加我们的晚会,但是她谢绝了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • He declined to charge his memory with so many details. 他不愿在脑中记这么多细枝末节。 来自《简明英汉词典》
2 bunk zWyzS     
n.(车、船等倚壁而设的)铺位;废话
参考例句:
  • He left his bunk and went up on deck again.他离开自己的铺位再次走到甲板上。
  • Most economists think his theories are sheer bunk.大多数经济学家认为他的理论纯属胡说。
3 eyewitness VlVxj     
n.目击者,见证人
参考例句:
  • The police questioned several eyewitness to the murder.警察询问了谋杀案的几位目击者。
  • He was the only eyewitness of the robbery.他是那起抢劫案的唯一目击者。
4 forensic 96zyv     
adj.法庭的,雄辩的
参考例句:
  • The report included his interpretation of the forensic evidence.该报告包括他对法庭证据的诠释。
  • The judge concluded the proceeding on 10:30 Am after one hour of forensic debate.经过近一个小时的法庭辩论后,法官于10时30分宣布休庭。
5 rejection FVpxp     
n.拒绝,被拒,抛弃,被弃
参考例句:
  • He decided not to approach her for fear of rejection.他因怕遭拒绝决定不再去找她。
  • The rejection plunged her into the dark depths of despair.遭到拒绝使她陷入了绝望的深渊。

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