I remember electric football being pretty lame.
Posted on 07/30/2019 5:11:46 PM PDT by Jacquerie
I think just 7.
Two at each end (4)
One on the service end sideline at the baseline (1)
Two on the receiving serve sidelines, one at the baseline and one at the service line. (2)
Does that make sense?
I guess you could permanently place one at each service line, vs. switching back and forth between serves, for an eighth.
One more baseball feature removed from barroom discourse. The game continues to lose interest for the average fan day by day. Instant replay was a big, big loser for fans!
Right, that would be the rulebook zone to my understanding and how this should be called. Just use the zone as described in the rules.
This would mean no more speeding up things/manipulation in extra innings or blow out games by umps. Which is a good thing for integrity, but might make for a lot more extra innings and longer games. Which they are trying to get away from I think.
Freegards
Yes, thanks for the explanation. I think the Hawkeye has been a positive thing for tennis, and something like it for calling base and strikes would be good for baseball.
Go all the way:
Robot players. Robot fans.
Just read David Cone’s book and yes, pitchers experiment to see just how wide an umpire’s strike zone is on a given night. There’s also an annoying trend that, if the catcher gives a target off the plate, and the pitcher hits it, it’s called a strike.
I remember electric football being pretty lame.
With a few choice words
Wait, how does one steal first base?
Beats me. The article doesn’t explain.
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