8/16 Cubs (Haren) @ white sox (Sale) - 1:10 PM WGN/CSN

[itisallpartoftheplan]

The Soler Zone is alive and well.

[TruffleShuffle]

is that gun running hot or was sale legitimately sitting 97-99 that inning?

[Andy]

I really wish Rizzo would've gotten a chance to hit there.

[Sammys Boombox]

Soler Zone

[Guest]

what a joke

[Fred Hornkohl]

CUBS seeing 4.52 P/PA through 6 innings

 

 

Go CUBS !!

[Schwarber Fan]

You just can't make that call. Sale doesn't need any help. Inexcusable.

[halplm]

the strike zone today has been terrible... oh wait, that's every day

[UMFan83]

2 balls were called strikes In that AB. Soler could have easily walked in a run there

[Andy]

is that gun running hot or was sale legitimately sitting 97-99 that inning?

It had Haren in mid 80s so it was likely legit

[DiamondMind]

I mean it sucks but we've been getting [expletive] calls too against opponents. Just bring in the robot umpires.

[Gmoney08]

Sales slurve breaks in so that its still 3 inches off the plate & as it was crossing the plate it was a foot outside but its somehow a called strike.

[Gmoney08]

Sales slurve breaks in so that its still 3 inches off the plate & as it was crossing the plate it was a foot outside but its somehow a called strike.

[UMFan83]

Maybe just maybe all the emphasis on showing the strike zone on broadcasts will cause angroundswell for robot umps. At least for balls and strikes

[Gmoney08]

is that gun running hot or was sale legitimately sitting 97-99 that inning?

It had Haren in mid 80s so it was likely legit

 

Just by the eye test it looks like Sale is throwing Rondon type heat.

[Irrelevant Dude]

the strike zone today has been terrible... oh wait, that's every day

I legitimately can't decide whether umpires have always been this inconsistent and we are just more aware of it now due the amount of information (Pitch Trax, etc.) that is available to us. Or are umpires truly calling games more inconsistently now than they have in the past?

[Fred Hornkohl]

CUBS are 26-27 (.491) when the opponents get a quality start.... 41-21 (.661) when they don't

 

 

GO CUBS !!

[TruffleShuffle]

is that gun running hot or was sale legitimately sitting 97-99 that inning?

It had Haren in mid 80s so it was likely legit

 

yeesh.

 

with some pitchers, they consistently do really well and when you watch their stuff, you can't figure out how they're so good. with sale it is not hard to understand why he is so awesome.

[Gmoney08]

the strike zone today has been terrible... oh wait, that's every day

I legitimately can't decide whether umpires have always been this inconsistent and we are just more aware of it now due the amount of information (Pitch Trax, etc.) that is available to us. Or are umpires truly calling games more inconsistently now than they have in the past?

 

They were even worse in the past. Totally made up zones in the old days was considered apart of an umpire's personality..

[Sammys Boombox]

the strike zone today has been terrible... oh wait, that's every day

I legitimately can't decide whether umpires have always been this inconsistent and we are just more aware of it now due the amount of information (Pitch Trax, etc.) that is available to us. Or are umpires truly calling games more inconsistently now than they have in the past?

 

I made a comment at the beginning of the season that umpiring was really good last season. I think many agreed.

[Soul]

Umps were worse in the past, but now we are simply seeing that they can't be good even if they want to.

[Irrelevant Dude]

the strike zone today has been terrible... oh wait, that's every day

I legitimately can't decide whether umpires have always been this inconsistent and we are just more aware of it now due the amount of information (Pitch Trax, etc.) that is available to us. Or are umpires truly calling games more inconsistently now than they have in the past?

 

They were even worse in the past. Totally made up zones in the old days was considered apart of an umpire's personality..

Yes, I remember that, but the problem with the zone now is more the inconsistency than the zone itself. If a guy is consistently calling the same pitch outside the zone, that isn't ideal, but at least players know what to expect. This year the strike zone seemingly changes from one batter to the next.

[Careless]

the strike zone today has been terrible... oh wait, that's every day

I legitimately can't decide whether umpires have always been this inconsistent and we are just more aware of it now due the amount of information (Pitch Trax, etc.) that is available to us. Or are umpires truly calling games more inconsistently now than they have in the past?

 

I made a comment at the beginning of the season that umpiring was really good last season. I think many agreed.

How can we have these people sterilized?

[Irrelevant Dude]

Wow, that must have been a terrible jump.

[Schwarber Fan]

Sit down, Alexei