hsbaseball101 posted:It does suck to be on the wrong end of a bad call. But being on the fortunate end of a bad call is like having a birthday cake for the whole team. Those ups and downs make sports interesting. Unfortunately strike zones judged by machines is coming and there isn't anyone who can do to stop it...except for maybe John Connor.
Here's the thing...when it comes to this, baseball fans fall into two categories: those that view a baseball game as a continuous form of entertainment in its totality, and those that view a baseball game as a means to an outcome. The former is akin to someone watching a movie for the cinematography, for the character development, for all the pieces that contribute to a given moment of entertainment, and the latter watch a movie for the plot development and the ending.
The trouble is that if this is indeed inevitable, it will be a bell that can't be unrung. And if the fans in the first group find that their entertainment value in baseball is significantly diminished, then MLB will lose fans, and I see no way of fixing that after the fact. At least if it's still hypothetical, both groups can maintain interest--those that enjoy baseball now, and those that pine for that perfection in the future.