NAPLES, Fla. — Baseball's chief operating officer reiterated Wednesday that there's no timetable for commissioner Bud Selig to act on a recommendation that instant replay be used to help umpires with some calls.

"Nothing's happened since the general managers' meetings," chief operating officer Bob DuPuy said Wednesday after club owners convened for two days of discussions on a variety of topics, including plans to play two exhibition games in China during spring training.

"I don't think it will come up. The general managers took an advisory vote. Nothing's been sent on to the commissioner, yet. When he gets it, I'm confident he will look at it and decide what the next steps are to take. But there will be no action. There's no action to take."

GMs last week recommended for the first time that instant replay be adopted to assist umpires on such calls as whether potential home runs are fair or foul, whether balls go over outfield walls or hit the tops and bounce back, and whether fans interfere with possible homers.

DuPuy said at the time that he doubted whether the plan, which needs the approval of Selig as well as the unions for players and umpires, could be put in place by next season.