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SomeBaseballDad5,000+ posts

JohnF posted:
Stats4Gnats posted:
Matt13 posted:
Yes.

That seems like a shame to me. Why bother with rules then, and what’s gonna happen when MLB finally goes to calling pitches not swung at using technology?
People stop watching? People stop coming the ballpark? Games are longer?

IDK, I guess you would have to look in depth and see where umps make the most mistakes, ball instead of strike or strike instead of ball.

Lets face it, people want to see action. They want to see the ball put in play. Sure pitching duels are fine, but not game after game. When I was a kid they were waiting for the player who was going to break the .400 batting avg mark. You never hear about that anymore. Now we live in the day of the .200 average and 3-1 games.

So if a computer generated strike zone were to turn the game more in the offences favor it would have a positive effect, IMO.

4/25/176:24 PM

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