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I don't care either way. I'm ok with using replay to get it right and I'm ok with saying that human umpires will get it wrong sometime and that is part of the game.
But if you're going to allow managers to challenge plays I think it is stupid to put a limit on how many. Let them challenge however many they want and give umpires the ability to say "oh, shut the **** up already" if they think it is egregious.
I do look forward to the strategic use of remaining challenges to make time for someone warming up in the bullpen.
And I don't look forward to the drama over umpires having to make judgment calls about what would have happened if the call had initially been correct.
Picture this: Line drive down third, right on the chalk. Third baseman makes spectacular diving catch that will still only be a 50/50 play at first. But third base ump calls it foul and third baseman never makes the throw (or he throws but first baseman sees the foul call so steps off the bag to catch it). His manager challenges and replay shows it was fair. What do you do?
I assume this is all being worked through but it seems to me there are going to be a lot of ambiguous cases. If everything on the bases was automatic we wouldn't make them run.
Though what I'd like to see some manager do is use all of his challenges to force umpires to call batters on being outside the back of the batter's box.
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