TV Camera No Longer in Play for Game 4

By DAN STAMM

Updated 10:15 PM EST, Sun, Nov 1, 2009

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Notice something about this TV camera? It isn't in play anymore.

The now infamous TV camera that was hit by Alex Rodriguez in Game 3 of the World Series was pushed back for Game 4 Sunday.

The move came a day late for Phillies fans that had to see the first video-reviewed homer in World Series history Saturday night.

So why was the camera moved now?

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"As a precaution, we've moved the right-field foul pole camera back slightly so that the edge of the lens is completely in line with the top of the wall," Fox spokesman Lou D'Ermilio said to the AP before Game 4.

It turned out the camera was never supposed to be hanging over the fence in the first place, said Jimmie Lee Solomon, baseball's executive vice president for operations to the AP.

"Get it back and keep it back," he said MLB told Fox.

Thanks for rectifying the situation MLB but next time don’t mess it up in the first place -- haven’t you guys learned anything from Game 5 last year?

First Published: Nov 1, 2009 9:49 PM EST

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