MLB needs the electronic strike Zone. So frustrating to see Umps call pitches

Sign up, and you can make all message times appear in your timezone. Sign up

Report problem with this ad

Apr 15, 2019
11:47:52pm

cougaman All-American

MLB needs the electronic strike Zone. So frustrating to see Umps call pitches

off the plate strikes so often.

Report problem with this ad

cougaman

Bio page: cougaman
Joined: Mar 11, 2006
Last login: Apr 24, 2024
Total posts: 68,502 (4,405 FO)

Report problem with this ad

Messages

Author

Time

MLB needs the electronic strike Zone. So frustrating to see Umps call pitches

cougaman

4/15/19 11:47pm

It's that the same pitches were balls in the top of the inning, but strikes in

wabluecoug

4/15/19 11:56pm

I bet there were 10 in today's game for Cleveland, and there were a number of

cougaman

4/16/19 12:10am

That's what pitch tracker showed. The M's had one bad one go their way, but the

wabluecoug

4/16/19 12:16am

How many strikes called balls for each side? I didn't see the whole game. Is

cougaman

4/16/19 12:25am

Also, I don't know if the calls would have made a difference or not in the

cougaman

4/16/19 12:15am

It made a difference yesterday, bad calls changed critical at bats in the 8th

wabluecoug

4/16/19 12:17am

Yes they made a difference, but who knows if they would change the outcome.

cougaman

4/16/19 12:40am

Baseball is more fun with umpires calling balls and strikes.

Y2k

4/16/19 2:06am

Umps probably about 90% on balls and strikes but just

notsofast

4/16/19 6:07am

I bet closer to 98%. And for the 2% they are off they are probably 99%

unctoothman

4/16/19 6:53am

This. It's counter-intuitive, but the game is more interesting because of the

Odysseus

4/16/19 6:10am

The human element should be the players, not the umpires. Players make enough

cougaman

4/16/19 9:58am

It’s part of the game for batters to know they have to swing at anything close

Y2k

4/17/19 8:08am

It's also part of the strategy for batters to get ahead in the count so that

cougaman

4/17/19 9:02am

Report problem with this ad

Posting on CougarBoard

In order to post, you will need to either sign up or log in.

Report problem with this ad