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Automated Strike Zone

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Yep this will fix everything!  :lolhitting

9 minutes ago, southsider2k5 said:

 

So...McCarthy seems to support the automated strike zone...right?  Based off that one tweet...

2 hours ago, Harold's Leg Lift said:

Yep this will fix everything!  :lolhitting

One error during the testing period of the automated strike zone? Shut it down. It's over. Go back to having Joe West and the human element deciding strike calls.

2 hours ago, southsider2k5 said:

  

Exactly. It's textbook availability bias. I can't take anyone seriously who claims to watch baseball games (especially this year) and thinks home plate umpires are better than a system that, even if flawed, is likely accurate close to 99% of the time

That automated zone was no worse than the one the Sox hitters were getting a few days ago

6 hours ago, Harold's Leg Lift said:

Yep this will fix everything!  :lolhitting

I expect it will take several iterations of identifying and fixing bugs to get it to the point that it can be used at high levels.

  • 3 months later...

Bump. Not only is an automated strike zone needed, but the MLB needs to limit the umpire's responsibilities as much as possible. Today we saw an amazing series end on a completely blown call. This isn't even a debate anymore. The technology is there.

Dump the ump. 

I'm not going to defend any of those videos, because they just look terrible.  But people need to realize the strike zone is a 3-Dimensional space, it isn't an invisible wall that the ball has to pass through.  Even when the bugs are 100% completely ironed out, we will start to realize that some of the pitches we have thought for years were one thing, were actually the opposite.

We could always use more ways to ruin the game which already has a declining interest.  Taking the human element out of any sport is ridiculous. It seems like the MO of most Sox fans is complaining about the officiating.

11 hours ago, kitekrazy said:

We could always use more ways to ruin the game which already has a declining interest.  Taking the human element out of any sport is ridiculous. It seems like the MO of most Sox fans is complaining about the officiating.

So by your logic, get rid of challenges? That took the human element out of the game. The last play of the Dodgers-Giants series was marred by a blown strike call. That's what you want kept in the game? 

This game will be a tipping point for the implementation of the automatic strike zone. There will be a push for it. You can't have this happening on the biggest stage. It's simply embarrassing. 

16 hours ago, ron883 said:

This game will be a tipping point for the implementation of the automatic strike zone. There will be a push for it. You can't have this happening on the biggest stage. It's simply embarrassing. 

This is a big deal because it happened to the Boston Red Sox that is all. 

13 minutes ago, Harry Chappas said:

This is a big deal because it happened to the Boston Red Sox that is all. 

Exactly. It is getting more attention because it happened to one of the league's prized teams. 

  • 1 month later...

What we really need to get rid of are human players. 

  • 4 months later...
On 11/23/2021 at 9:04 PM, Texsox said:

What we really need to get rid of are human players. 

Leave the human players. Get rid of the human owners and GMs. Let a computer decide who the Sox should sign, trade for, etc.

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