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MLB Considering Miking Umps To Explain Replay Decisions

You know how when there’s a replay in the NFL, once a decision’s been made, the referee comes back on the field, and tells everyone — sometimes in exacting detail — what the ruling was and why?

Well, those same kinds of explanations could be coming to the ballpark.

Major League Baseball is reportedly considering having umpires wear mics and explain replay rulings, potentially as early as later this season.

Paola Boivin is a sports columnist for The Arizona Republic and azcentral.com.

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Mark Brodie is a co-host of The Show, KJZZ’s locally produced news magazine. Since starting at KJZZ in 2002, Brodie has been a host, reporter and producer, including several years covering the Arizona Legislature, based at the Capitol.