[NU Sports] Strike zones

[Jeff Beamsley]

It also could have been the fact that he lost about three miles on hour on
his fast ball so that it didn't look a whole lot different than his change.
It also could have been that he left so many pitches up in the zone that he
is one of the leaders in the majors in hits and home runs given up.  It
could also have been that he is a year older and just completed his sixth
season with more than 200 innings pitched.  It could have been that the
White Sox forbad him from using the tarp as a slip and slide during rain
delays.  Or it could have been QuesTec.

My money is on the slip and slide.

Jeff


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From: nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com [mailto:nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com] On
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Sent: Monday, September 25, 2006 11:45 PM
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Subject: Re: [NU Sports] Strike zones

MLB does have something called QuesTec - I don't know alot of the tech
details, but I know it is intended to standardize the strike zone, and is
used to evaluate umpires.
 
I would argue that more important than a standardized strike zone is a
consistent one, i.e. a strike in the first inning will still be called the
same way in the eighth inning.
 
I have heard that MLB umpires hate it, and I remember that Mark Buehrle
blamed it (well, blamed inconsistent stike zones between parks with QuesTec
(like US Cellular in Chicago) and non-QuesTec parks) for some of his
pitching woes this season.
 
Chuck Herron   Tech '85 
 
 
 
 
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From: tbng at comcast.net
To: nwu-sports at romaine.tssi.com
Sent: Mon, 25 Sep 2006 8:51 PM
Subject: [NU Sports] Strike zones


Technology could resolve the problem of calling strikes, although I'm loathe
to say it. It would be simple - theoretically - to put sensors around the
edge of the plate or the entire plate with an invisible beam that could
detect whether the ball crossed over any part of the plate. The ump could
have an earpiece and the sensor could emit a beep if the ball crosses the
plate. You could also put height data into the computer and have it call
height by keying in the player's unique number. I hate the idea as I write
it, but it is possible. One of you EE majors work on that. Just don't look
to your Little League to install it at the cost of umpteen millions. BTW,
the Little League World Series umpires were dreadful at calling balls and
strikes. Don't say they are amateurs because they are not. Those guys work
and study for years before they make it to Williamsport. Each man has
thousands of games under his belt at all levels of play.  
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