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Post by kersting13 on Jun 4, 2018 9:33:05 GMT -8
You wouldn't miss the STEE RIKE! call. The way it's done currently (in some independent leagues) is that a guy in the booth immediately tells the HP ump ball or strike and he makes the call on the field. I can only assume that if it were fully implemented that the ump would just get the electronic call in his ear-piece without the need for the guy in the booth to relay the message. There will still need to be a guy behind the plate to yell out the pitch result. I don't doubt what you are saying but a proxy ump is ridiculous and im sure soon it will just be a digital readout and a sound over the loudspeakers. Part of the stee rike call is the UMP selling it. I guess you either see what im saying or you dont. Probably not explaining it well either. I doubt it would ever go to a digital readout. I think an ump will have an easier time "selling" the strike 3 call when he knows 100% that it's the right call. |
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Post by beaverdude on Jun 4, 2018 9:33:57 GMT -8
I would prefer computerized balls and strikes over the current version of replay. I'd rather that replay simply overturned egregiously bad calls as opposed to the ticky-tack stuff that it sometimes gets down to. Computer balls and strikes, I'd be totally on board with. Why not computerized/robotic pitchers and batters? Just have the machines take completely over. What would we do if we couldn't vilify the umpire?  |
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Post by kersting13 on Jun 4, 2018 9:38:37 GMT -8
Maybe these are stupid questions but does the computer determine the strike zone based on player size? Chest to knee distance? Player stance (upright vs. crouch)? Do the players need to be measured each year? Is the strike zone a hovering three dimensional box above the plate that the ball has to touch any part of to be called a strike? The whole ball? 50+ % of the ball? If the catcher's glove enters that box during the pitch will the computer distinguish between the ball and glove? Would that be interference?
Inquiring minds. The strike zone changes based on the size of the player, so the top and bottom of the zone are different for each player, and yes it's supposed to be based on their normal stance. How those dimensions would be measured isn't 100% clear, but they are already doing this for real in some places. Any part of the ball that goes into the strike zone constitutes a strike. The system would have to be able to differentiate between any object entering the strike zone other than the ball. Interference only occurs if the bat makes contact with the catcher. Catcher could hold his glove in the strike zone all day if he wanted to. |
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Post by mbabeav on Jun 4, 2018 9:49:08 GMT -8
Umpiring is a tough job, tho I did get to come thissss close to throwing both coaches out in a little league game (one of whom was my dad  Seriously, as much as we all hate the Greg Streets of the world and their ineptness, I am a traditionalist that hates to see the person taken out of the game. Instant replay to confirm a home run vs an off the wall, or a clear tag vs safe is about as far as I want to see it go. |
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Post by seastape on Jun 4, 2018 9:54:29 GMT -8
I thought the strike zone seemed a little low but was consistent to both teams.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 4, 2018 10:10:35 GMT -8
Umpiring is a tough job, tho I did get to come thissss close to throwing both coaches out in a little league game (one of whom was my dad Seriously, as much as we all hate the Greg Streets of the world and their ineptness, I am a traditionalist that hates to see the person taken out of the game. Instant replay to confirm a home run vs an off the wall, or a clear tag vs safe is about as far as I want to see it go. Hitters and pitchers have the opportunity to adjust for balls and strikes. There is no adjustment players can make for a bad call with an out. |
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