Other Sports Is it time to let technology call balls and strikes?

cmh6476 · 10-25-2015, 12:54 PM

I admit, it has been a bit frustrating to watch the inconsistency in balls and strikes in such critical games, at such critical times this postseason. We know the technology is there, and then the boo jays can't cry about the umps.

What do you think?

kstater · 10-25-2015, 12:55 PM

**TribalElder** · 10-25-2015, 12:56 PM

We should just let the robots play

listopencil · 10-25-2015, 01:42 PM

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Originally Posted by TribalElder

We should just let the robots play

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cmh6476 · 10-25-2015, 12:57 PM

It doesn't take away from the game in my opinion, just taking about the only element of human error still present in umpiring out of the game

eDave · 10-25-2015, 12:59 PM

Replay strike calls.

**alnorth** · 10-25-2015, 01:42 PM

No.

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Originally Posted by eDave

Replay strike calls.

No.

eDave · 10-25-2015, 02:05 PM

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Originally Posted by alnorth

No.

No.

/s

**srvy** · 10-25-2015, 08:10 PM

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Originally Posted by eDave

Replay strike calls.

Holy snikies games would last 6 hours.

chiefzilla1501 · 10-25-2015, 08:37 PM

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Originally Posted by srvy

Holy snikies games would last 6 hours.

Not if you limit the # of reviews.
And if you do it the way tennis does, where the review happens in a matter of seconds.

It happens all the time in tennis and adds maybe a few minutes at most to any match.

**srvy** · 10-25-2015, 08:46 PM

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Originally Posted by chiefzilla1501

Not if you limit the # of reviews.
And if you do it the way tennis does, where the review happens in a matter of seconds.

It happens all the time in tennis and adds maybe a few minutes at most to any match.

Yea I still dont like it.

a pp roach · 10-25-2015, 01:00 PM

Not if its that tv strikezone box. They rig that shit to make the broadcast go smoothly

jd1020 · 10-25-2015, 01:05 PM

Have you seen the K-zones? They are no better than the ****ing umps. It's probably time, but the technology is far from ready.

Squalor2 · 10-26-2015, 08:10 PM

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Originally Posted by jd1020

Have you seen the K-zones? They are no better than the ****ing umps. It's probably time, but the technology is far from ready.

x10

**DaFace** · 10-25-2015, 01:09 PM

I kind of like the small piece of variability in how strikes are called. It'd feel cold and stale to have it be exactly the same strike zone 100% of the time. It's kind of like varying stadium sizes - you have to alter your approach a smidge depending on how things are being called.

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DaFace Kind of a mod Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Donkey Land Casino cash: $-1663101	I kind of like the small piece of variability in how strikes are called. It'd feel cold and stale to have it be exactly the same strike zone 100% of the time. It's kind of like varying stadium sizes - you have to alter your approach a smidge depending on how things are being called.
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