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Automating the strike zone

Yes, technology has shown umps are incompetent
29 (87.9%)
No, it would change the game too much
4 (12.1%)
I can't decide.
0 (0%)

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Author Topic: It's time to automate the strike zone  (Read 18430 times)

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Offline GburgNatsFan

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Re: It's time to automate the strike zone
« Topic Start: August 01, 2015, 12:42:28 PM »
Maybe a tone in the umpire's ear if the ball is out of the zone (or a tone if it's in and a buzzer noise if it's not).  Then the ump can decide if he thinks it caught a part of the zone or something.

But no reviews. I like the review system we have now - although it takes WAY to long - but more reviews would interrupt the pace of play too much.

The players are the human element in the game.

I don't want a complete shift to it. I'm still a fan of the dreaded "human element". I would like to see a tennis system, perhaps where a manager can challenge five (or some other arbitrary number) ball/strike calls per game.