Erik wrote:
On Tue, Sep 28, 2004 at 07:01:59PM -0700, Doug Pensinger wrote:
It would be simple to have a player database with each player's exact dimensions.
It would be simple, IF everyone agreed on the player's dimensions. As I said, the problem is NOT technology, it is agreement on the strike zone vertical size and position. If you got everyone to agree on each player's dimensions, then you are in great shape, with or without the technology.
The strike zone is from the knees to the chest. If you measure the distance between the crook of a players knees and his arm pit, your probably pretty close - you might have to subtract a percent of the total distance from the top of the zone to get it right, but once you determine the criteria it should be the same for all players. This would be to the disadvantage of those that attempt to compress their zone by hunching down (Ricky Henderson), but that's kind of a cheat anyway.
As an aside, are there any other professional _team_ sports that handicap their participants the way baseball does its batters?
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