Well, the thing is we can easily figure out balls/strikes with a combination of the overhead cam and the side cam. The issue is that you can't really air those

Well, the thing is we can easily figure out balls/strikes with a combination of the overhead cam and the side cam. The issue is that you can't really air those in the run of play and the networks generally only show those angles when they prove that the ump was right (either by MLB edict or a gentlemans' agreement not to show the umps up).