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Of course, robots may be in the deal. Nobody knows for sure at this point what the new contract covers since both sides have said neither will comment on what the new contract contains until it's ratified by both sides. That should come in January when the owners hold their next meeting on January 13, and the umpires meeting on January 18.
That being said, one thing many sources believe is involved in the new deal is a lot more flexibility in postseason assignments for umpires. There had been a rule in the old contracts that umpires were not allowed to work consecutive playoff series during the same postseason. So if you worked the NLCS, you weren't working the World Series.
That's expected to change in 2010.
As you'll recall, in the World Series baseball decided to go with a veteran umpiring crew filled with crew chiefs for the World Series following a less than stellar performance -- trying to be as kind as possible here -- from umpiring crews during the first two rounds of the playoffs in 2009. You know, small things like forgetting which side of the white chalk line is fair or foul, or losing track of what being safe or out actually means.
As for whether or not the use of replay will be expanded, we'll have to wait until January to find out.
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