Selig: I have no desire to expand instant replay

Published Oct. 15, 2009 2:05 p.m. ET

Ken Rosenthal

Commissioner Bud Selig's position on expanding instant replay has not changed.

He is against it.

"I don't really have any desire to increase the amount of replay — period," Selig told FOXSports.com on Monday.

Talk of expanding replay beyond boundary calls on home runs resumed after a missed call down the left-field line on a ball hit by Joe Mauer in the 11th inning of Game 2 of the Twins' series against the Yankees.

Mauer's ball bounced several inches fair, but left-field umpire Phil Cuzzi ruled that it was foul. Cuzzi later admitted to the Newark Star-Ledger that he had made a mistake.

"This goes on every time there's a controversial call," Selig said. "I understand the Phil Cuzzi call and others. But frankly, I'm quite satisfied with the way things are.

"We need to do a little work, clean up some things. But do I think we need more replay? No. Baseball is not the kind of game that can have interminable delays."

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