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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 17630 times)

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Offline dracnal

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Re: It's time to automate the strike zone
« Reply #175: August 13, 2019, 12:52:21 AM »
Quote from: The Chief on August 12, 2019, 04:20:35 PM
Automate the calls but keep umps for show.  Only the umps know what the automated call is.  Allow the ump to overturn the call arbitrarily just to piss everyone off :popcorn:

That's essentially the current way it's implemented. Umps are there for interference, HBP, bounces in the dirt, etc.
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