Sport Science: Bad Calls, Balls & Strikes

[LittleOzzy]

Thought this was interesting after what happened in the last series.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j82GwtwcdPc[/youtube]

[kavan]

I think with training and overtime you can become good at being a home plate umpire but I think ill rather be a 3B ump

[RocLaFamilia]

I never understood this, but why doesn't MLB use a digital umpire like Cricket does? My dad is a huge Cricket fan, so I've watched my share of games, and the way they use sensors is incredible. They have trajectories of the ball path its really cool to see actually.

But my point is, couldn't they put a sensor in the plate to at least tell if it passes through the plate. And the Umpire could judge the height of the ball?

[Avenger]

I never understood this, but why doesn't MLB use a digital umpire like Cricket does? My dad is a huge Cricket fan, so I've watched my share of games, and the way they use sensors is incredible. They have trajectories of the ball path its really cool to see actually.

But my point is, couldn't they put a sensor in the plate to at least tell if it passes through the plate. And the Umpire could judge the height of the ball?

the technology for roboumps calling balls and strikes is ready to go, it needs some minor tweaks but and what not but its backward thinking and not technological shortcomings that's holding baseball back.

What Baseball really needs to adopt from Cricket is the concept of a third umpire. There needs to be a fifth umpire in the television booth that can be consulted on any play where replays might help.

[ItsDanger]

Is there a connection with BOS & NYY games being so long due to a large # of deep counts and their overall standings? Let alone the high exposure on ESPN. Just wondering aloud.