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I watched the automated challenges to balls and strikes during a spring training game and thought it was relatively quick. I’m much more concerned about a propo
by docmechanic 2y ago
I watched the automated challenges to balls and strikes during a spring training game and thought it was relatively quick. I’m much more concerned about a proposed change that isn’t being tested this spring: the Golden At Bat, which will allow each manager to, once per game, substitute the batter of his choice without regard for the batting order. I pray the baseball gods prevent MLB from even testing it out in spring training.
- PaulHoule 2y agoIn the case of baseball the main point of contention is the intersection of the ball's trajectory with the batter box, something that (1) is completely objective and (2) can be determined by sensors better than the players, spectators or umpire. It's completely different from, say, VAR [1] in soccer or the other kind of football where there will always be something subjective about yellow cards. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_assistant_referee https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_assistant_referee
- docmechanic 2y agoActually, the article makes a point of demonstrating how subjective the strike zone is. 'The interpretation of the strike zone is notoriously subjective and varies with each umpire. For example, human umpires often call a strike if the ball crosses the plate in the rear corner. However the automated ball-strike system uses an imaginary plane that bisects the middle – not the front or the rear – of home plate. There are more complications. Since every player has a unique height, each has a unique strike zone.'