I think that we’re at the point where MLB can use electronically called balls and strikes, with the Umpire able to override an automatic call if necessary.
I could really GAS about professional baseball. I was a player for years and absolutely HATE spectating.
That stated, I think it’s high time to remove the umpire from the plate for pitches and let AI do the job.
3 field umpires with one ‘at’ the plate, but no more pitch calls by a human for MLB. fwiw
Automated (or electronic) “Balls and Strikes”
is an interesting concept.
It has been in use in the minors for 2 years now.
I still do not understand how the system adjusts itself to
the changing size of the strike zone from batter-to-batter.
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MLB Rulebook:
“The official strike zone is the area over home plate
from the midpoint between a batter’s shoulders
and the top of the uniform pants;
when the batter is in his stance and prepared to swing
at a pitched ball; and a point just below the kneecap.”
Well, Ángel Hernández retired last year. That’s going to clean things up all by itself.
Stats used to be a big part of baseball. They have changed the rules so many times nothing is comparable over time. Players change teams multiple times. I quit caring a long time ago and didn’t expose my kids to it. They don’t care either.
How will this affect Frank Drebin when he calls a baseball game?
So if Greg Maddux played today he would win, what, 150 games lifetime ?
why not just have AI make all the calls perfectly every time