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Reply to "Baseball stat heads tracked 4M pitches to prove that umpires really are blind"

Before instant replay was used for calls baseball repeatedly told us the umpires made the correct call (pitches or anywhere on the field) 98% of the time. When I believed this I didn’t want replay involved in officiating the game. What replay has done is shown is the 98% number was nothing but propaganda to protect the integrity of the umpires. 

I question the 20% on strikes if the margin of error is an inch. But if they get 10% wrong it’s too many. The number of calls overturned at first is amazing. I’m happy “in the neighborhood, the throw beat you” out calls are over and done with. Sliding around a tag is a skill. 

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