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Old 10-16-2007, 02:20 AM
iggymcfly iggymcfly is offline
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Default Re: Should balls and strikes be called electronically?

I think it's fine if they get the proper technology. The computerized strike zones that we see now on television are BS though. The ones on TBS and FOX are usually offset a little bit so they're looking at the plate from an angle which leads to bad calls in its own right.

The ESPN cameras seemed to be better, but they still suffer from making the strike zone 2-dimensional. It looks at where the ball is when the catcher catches it, period. This works fine on fastballs, but when you have a pitch with a lot of movement, it will often pass through the strike zone, but be back out by the time it reaches the catcher. On the 2D grid this will look like a ball when it's clearly a strike.

I don't mind computerized technology being adopted for balls and strikes eventually, but I'm sick to death of the announcers acting like "K-Zone" or whatever other crappy technology they use for TV is any more accurate than simply watching a replay.
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