"All involved parties were pleased with how Wednesday's historic first official use of instant replay worked during Alex Rodriguez's at-bat, which was ruled a homer.

So was the boss.

"We've had internal reviews today, external reviews, reviews from all the people who were down there, and everyone was very complimentary," commissioner Bud Selig told the St. Petersburg Times from his Milwaukee office. "It was seamless. It went just the way it was supposed go."

Selig said it was the "absolute correct" situation for the application of replay, and he seemed especially pleased - given some outside concerns - that it took only 2 minutes, 15 seconds.

"I've said that if we did it right, it would save time," Selig said, "and it did.""