Somewhere, Eric Gregg is Smiling...

[MembersOnlyJacket]

Fernando Romney getting the expanded veteran strike zone. Brutal...

 

http://www.barstoolsports.com/boston/super-page/somebody-was-in-a-rush-to-catch-the-end-of-the-marathon/

[erik316wttn]

That's sickening. Umpires should be forced to adhere to a standard zone. None of this "well, this guy calls it low, and this guy has a tight zone, and that pitch is a strike if you're a veteran pitcher but not if you're a rookie "crap. Standard zone for everyone, with reasonable deviation due to human error.

[Sammy Sofa]

That's hysterical. I'm a big fan of cyborg umps, but I'd weirdly miss stuff like this; it's entertaining as hell.

[El Duderino]

i really hope I'm still alive when there are robot umpires

[PosterToBeNamedLater]

i really hope I'm still alive when there are robot umpires

 

Seriously. I don't get when even people that believe there should be instant replay in baseball always add, "But NOT for balls and strikes!"

 

I would rather an ump have someone in his ear telling him what the K-zone said over any other replay they have in baseball. I think strike zones that differ between half-innings affect way more games than anything else. Are these people that don't want balls and strikes to be included thinking it will be some sort of challenge from the player? Just let K-zone call it. Let the ump stand there and he can give us the result.

[erik316wttn]

i really hope I'm still alive when there are robot umpires

 

Seriously. I don't get when even people that believe there should be instant replay in baseball always add, "But NOT for balls and strikes!"

 

I would rather an ump have someone in his ear telling him what the K-zone said over any other replay they have in baseball. I think strike zones that differ between half-innings affect way more games than anything else. Are these people that don't want balls and strikes to be included thinking it will be some sort of challenge from the player? Just let K-zone call it. Let the ump stand there and he can give us the result.

 

This.

 

I don't buy any of this "it's part of the game" garbage. The strike zone should be the strike zone, no matter the umpire, the pitcher on the mound, the umpire's mood, or any other factor.

[rocket]

this is why we don't have jobs in america

[erik316wttn]

this is why we don't have jobs in america

 

So then you're in favor of wildly fluctuating strike zones?

[jersey cubs fan]

Eric Gregg was in favor of rapidly expanding strike zones, and waist lines. He died young, and only one of those was the cause.

[SouthSideRyan]

Eric Gregg was in favor of rapidly expanding strike zones, and waist lines. He died young, and only one of those was the cause.

 

Irate Indians fans beat him to death?

[rocket]

this is why we don't have jobs in america

 

So then you're in favor of wildly fluctuating strike zones?

 

Sure. It's just a game, and having different umpire interpretations of a strike zone makes it more interesting

[jersey cubs fan]

this is why we don't have jobs in america

 

So then you're in favor of wildly fluctuating strike zones?

 

Sure. It's just a game, and having different umpire interpretations of a strike zone makes it more interesting

 

I don't think that is true at all.

[rocket]

if we had robot umpires, then greg maddux wouldn't be a hall of famer, and he's such a nice guy.

[ConstableRabbit]

I'd support cyborg umpires only if they were accompanied by Tupac-style Eric Gregg holograms.

[erik316wttn]

this is why we don't have jobs in america

 

So then you're in favor of wildly fluctuating strike zones?

 

Sure. It's just a game, and having different umpire interpretations of a strike zone makes it more interesting

 

I don't think that is true at all.

 

Nor do I. I'd hate it just as much if certain umpires called runners who were out at first by a half step as safe, or vice-versa. Things like that don't make the game more interesting. The rules are not a "guideline."

[rocket]

bad umpiring is not a significant issue that's crippling the game. not even close. for the most part they do a fine job.

 

replacing the home plate umpire with a robot is just weird.

[jersey cubs fan]

bad umpiring is not a significant issue that's crippling the game. not even close. for the most part they do a fine job.

 

replacing the home plate umpire with a robot is just weird.

 

The lack of crippling of the game is hardly a defense of something that is still done poorly.

[rocket]

jesus you people are making me feel like bill plaschke.

 

is it really that weird to want to have humans officiating a sport played by other humans?

[treebird]

jesus you people are making me feel like bill plaschke.

 

is it really that weird to want to have humans officiating a sport played by other humans?

 

more wrong that weird. we can significantly improve umpiring with relative ease. why wouldn't we do it?

[jersey cubs fan]

jesus you people are making me feel like bill plaschke.

 

is it really that weird to want to have humans officiating a sport played by other humans?

 

I think it's weird to find the poor job they do charming or accept it as something that has to be a part of the game.

[erik316wttn]

jesus you people are making me feel like bill plaschke.

 

is it really that weird to want to have humans officiating a sport played by other humans?

 

I think it's weird to find the poor job they do charming or accept it as something that has to be a part of the game.

 

Pretty much this. I'm not for "robot umpires" necessarily, but I AM 100% in favor of consistency and weeding out the worst of the worst, which does not happen.

[Soul]

Somewhere Leslie Nielsen is smiling.

[davearm2]

bad umpiring is not a significant issue that's crippling the game. not even close. for the most part they do a fine job.

 

replacing the home plate umpire with a robot is just weird.

 

The lack of crippling of the game is hardly a defense of something that is still done poorly.

It's not done poorly. This sequence is clearly an outlier.

 

The sort of accuracy and consistency people are craving is already being achieved by the human umps. They're not infallible, but they're right 99.9% of the time. Things like video replays and timing equipment (in other sports) aren't infallable either. There's a failure rate with technology too.

[imb]

im with rocket and *gulp* dave, i want fat old men out there. Though it would be cool if they had a cold, inhuman robot boss, maybe.

[SouthSideRyan]

Why can't you make the robots look like fat guys?