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

MidAtlanticDad10,000+ posts

DALEX posted:
If my geometry is correct, the distance from the front edge to back tip of home plate is 17", and I have seen many late breaking curveballs with a LOT of break happening in that 17" distance--enough at least that during some portion of it's travel through that distance the pitch is both in AND out of the strike zone as I see it.

The 8.5 inch "sides" of the plate also come into play with horizontal movement. I don't think I've never seen a high 12-6 breaker that clips the top rear point of the plate on its way down get called a strike. When the transition to electronic strike zone happens, I think the rules will be changed to fit the technology (e.g. no longer 3 dimensional) and will more closely resemble how strikes are actually called.

4/17/1911:24 AM

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