CrookedJ wrote:Rapcity_11 wrote:JN wrote:
Absolutely -- it's fairly easy technology at this point and it just makes umps look stupid given that all broadcasts show it.
Personally I think umps are doing better now than in the past with the strike zone when the zone was really wide for some. But when a viewer can get clear visible feedback now that a ball is outside, even if its much less than before, it makes things look worse.
The TBS strike zone is trash though. That's really not helping things.
Agreed. I think thats a huge part of the fan complaining. If you watch the pitches, and then where their stupid zone thing is....in my view all the pitches are showing up left of where they actually are. So the outside corner to righties is looking like they are missing, and the outside corner to lefties looks like its a solid strike. I recall a few last night where the Blue Jays Strike zone twitter feed highlighted a pitch and it was not the same opinion as the TBS one had.
This is a big reason why they are a ways away from removing human eyes from calling balls and strikes. There are already a number of technologies that track pitches, but they don't always show the same thing.
