Baseball 101 is an ongoing series from The Good Phight’s Allie Foster that breaks down some of the multifaceted aspects of baseball for those fans who might not be as familiar with the ins and outs of the game. In this fifth edition, she explains instant replay and how it came to be in Major League Baseball. You can read other entries here.
The National Football League first started experimenting with instant replay in 1976 and introduced it league-wide in 1985.