BASEBALL MEETINGS Upon further review, GMs are split on replay

Deals are starting to be discussed.
KEY BISCAYNE, Fla. (AP) -- No further review necessary: Baseball is done looking at instant replay, for now.
Big league general managers split 15-15 Thursday on whether to keep exploring replay, a straw poll taken following a postseason in which umpires reversed almost every wrong call.
"Based on that vote, it's unlikely we'll do anything substantive in the next year to pursue instant replay," MLB executive vice president Sandy Alderson said.
The NFL, NBA and NHL all use some form of replay. Baseball commissioner Bud Selig is adamantly against it and can veto any proposal to give it a try.
"I understand that vote today, that there are people who want to keep looking at it," Selig said. "I'm not afraid to change. You never say never.
"But the humanness of the umpires is part of the game. I'm satisfied where it is. I just don't think it would be a positive addition."
Umps got it right
Replay opponents got a boost in October when umpires overturned a pair of rulings in Game 6 of the AL championship series. TV gave fans a clear view of what happened -- once the six umps huddled, it came into focus for them, too, and Alex Rodriguez was declared out because of interference on one play and Mark Bellhorn got a home run on the other.
"Had they gotten those calls wrong, would there have been more interest in pursuing instant replay? There might've been," Alderson said.
With that issue over for now, GMs turned their attention back to the main business at hand. That is, looking at trades and free agents.
Chicago Cubs slugger Sammy Sosa seemed to interest the New York Mets, and those teams talked for a second straight day, holding a late-afternoon session. Randy Johnson may want to leave the cost-cutting Arizona Diamondbacks for a contender. And there was speculation the Texas Rangers would consider dealing Alfonso Soriano.
"Once you get to a second meeting, things can happen," Mets GM Omar Minaya said.
Free agency begins
Roger Clemens and Pat Hentgen became the last two of 207 players to file for free agency. Starting today, clubs can talk money with any free agent.
The New York Yankees, as always, figure to be extremely active. Their immediate targets will be center fielder Carlos Beltran and pitchers Carl Pavano, Eric Milton and Ron Villone.
Other teams packed up and headed home from the session that began Monday and ended this morning.