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| Deleted User | Wed Apr 1, 2009 2:51 pm Post #1 |
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Here's a story on MLB.com: http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?...=.jsp&c_id=mlb Quote: The new system, called Zone Evaluation, will replace the QuesTec system that was used since 2001 in one-third of the parks. Zone Evaluation relies on pitch-tracking data already collected at every venue and distributed through MLB.com, The Times reported. |
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| Deleted User | Wed Apr 1, 2009 2:54 pm Post #2 |
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1. Why does the MLB site have to quote the New York times story on a news bit about baseball? Wouldn't ya kinda think that MLB might trying to get the jump on other news sites seeing it's their story?!? Weird... 2. I'm sure this will bring up the debate: Should we remove the human element from the sport? I know there are some people who think that having umps making judgment calls, and therefore making errors, is all part of baseball. I say poppycock to that notion! When I watch a sporting event I watch to see two teams battle each other according to the rules and see which one can come out on top. I do NOT want to see one team or the other get an unfair advantage because we relied on a faulty method to determine if a play was resulted in one thing or the other when a superior method was available. I want to see the teams win or lose, not a game won or lost on a bad call. Now, please don't discount the last part of the bolded sentence. The assumption is that a better system is available. I don't know that the new video system talked about here is up for the task, but I do believe at some point we will develop a reliable, accurate electronic method of calling balls and strikes, and when that happens, I'd like to see it employed. Now, for those who are in favor of keeping the human element, and the errors inheritely tied into that system, let me ask you a question: Would you be in favor of removing the foul poles and making it a judgment call for the refs to determine if a ball hit out of the playing field is a homerun or a foul? Why or why not? |
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| Deleted User | Wed Apr 1, 2009 2:57 pm Post #3 |
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MLB is not a media organzation, so therefore they have no stake in scooping media organizations with stories. It's not their core competency. |
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| Deleted User | Wed Apr 1, 2009 9:44 pm Post #4 |
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I, along with just about everybody else, never understood why you'd put QuesTec in certain stadiums and not others. So this is if nothing else and improvement in that area. |
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| Deleted User | Wed Apr 1, 2009 9:52 pm Post #5 |
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The silence from the umpires is a bit odd. The unanswered questions I see: To what extent is the electronic system being used to evaluate their performance? Has the door been left open to electronic pitch calling eventually superseding/replacing the human version? |
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| Deleted User | Wed Apr 1, 2009 9:59 pm Post #6 |
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Detroit Fan: I, for one, hope not. Completely removing the human element from the game is not right. |
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