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Friday, June 20, 2008
Major League Baseball has seen its viewership declining over the last 10 years or so, but MLB commissioner Bud Selig hopes instant replays will help turn heads. Renita Jablonski talks to sports writer Donnell Alexander.
Baseball mitts sitting on the field (Jim McIsaac/Getty Images)
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