oldschooldeac
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One down! Need Fried to come up big tomorrow night.
One down! Need Fried to come up big tomorrow night.
I realize part of being a homer is thinking your team is getting screwed on the calls, but the Braves are getting screwed on the calls. Weren’t the Dodgers favored in all 6 games? I may have not looked at the scorecard from game 6.
That one identified to Riley was high leverage. Also could have given him an incentive to chase some pitches later.
I suppose this is karma for the Maddux/Smoltz/Glavine years? I'm a Braves fan, but even I will admit we got 1" extra on each side of the plate then. Not that I am excusing the current ump bc two wrongs don't make a right and Maddux was ages ago, but noting the irony.
M/S/G was before QuesTec, too. That put an end to those generous calls.
When TV puts that little box on the screen, we can all see for certainty if it was a ball or strike. I'm surprised baseball hasn't gone to an automated ball/strike caller by now. I guess umpire union is stopping it.
Dumb question; do they subtly reposition the box based on the player’s height? I would assume so but didn’t know if it was that detailed.
You guys realize there’s a concrete definition for a strike zone right? Not hard to adjust a box on TV based on that definition (top of shoulders to bottom of knees).
People bitched about doing away with linespeople and going with Hawkeye in tennis. It’s created a FAR better product. Baseball is long overdue for our robot umpire overlords.