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First Replay Call Confirms A-Rod Homer

Instant replay's maiden use awards slugger his 549th home run

By Rob Quinn, Newser Staff

Posted Sep 4, 2008 3:39 AM CDT

(Newser) – Major League Baseball's first-ever use of instant replay to settle a call backed a 9th-inning homer from Alex Rodriguez last night at Tropicana Field. Umpires checked the Yankee slugger's drive on a monitor after a protest from Tampa Bay manager Joe Maddon, and upheld the... Read full story »

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