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In response to "Here's what drives me crazy about baseball." by David

And it only matters in game 163? Just for sake of argument, you have possibly 16k pitches per team leading up to this moment

Posted by oblique (aka kkuphal) Oct 8 '15, 07:15

any or all of which could have been called "wrong" changing the course of countless other pitches, innings and games.

I know you're saying #everypitchmatters
But there's also a ton of history involved here as well as, I would guess, a desire on the parts of some to still have the idea of "close" vs. "the computer drew a line in the sand"

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I mean, the plate is defined to exacting dimensions, and that's used to call B&S. Why make it fuzzy after going to that trouble? -- nm - Reagen Oct 8, 08:21
No, it matters in all 163. That's why computers should call balls and strikes. -- nm - David Oct 8, 07:16 11
- I think they will sooner, rather than later, but we're still on the cutting edge of it being possible. It'll take a little while to figure out how to do it. *NM* - Ender Oct 8, 07:31
- I don't like the absoluteness of it. It seems too mechanical. I know that sounds strange but to me it's part of baseball -- nm - oblique Oct 8, 07:20 9
  - I don't see what the problem is, they've been doing it in tennis for years. -- nm - Martina Navratilova Oct 8, 07:46
  - I used to agree with this, but it's gotten so bad and umpires are so bad at this I can't argue on this side anymore. - Jim Oct 8, 07:23 6
    - How much of that is bias *because* you have something supposedly showing you what a ball/strike is? It seems SO bad because there's a line drawn by a - oblique Oct 8, 07:25 5
      - I'd agree that it hasn't really gotten worse, we're just in a much better position to recognize it. - Ender Oct 8, 07:33
      - In some cases, really bad. Again, the better pitchers get the calls. Catchers who are better at framing pitches get the calls. - Jim Oct 8, 07:28 2
        
        And that's been recognized since the days of Walter Johnson. -- nm - Reagen Oct 8, 08:19 1
        
        ....and and Honus Wagner, Cap Anson and Mordecai "Three-Finger" Brown -- nm - prayformojo Oct 8, 08:23
      - It was awful long before pitch tracker. - David Oct 8, 07:27
  - REAGEN!!! -- nm - David Oct 8, 07:22

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