Calling balls and strikes with a computer and video camera may not be perfect, but at least it would be consistent. Players would adjust. Having a different guy out there every night with a different view of the strike zone is crazy. Baseball has been around for over a hundred years, and technology has developed. Baseball has not.
-------------------------- Sent using BlackBerry -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Sent: Thu Jun 03 10:19:41 2010 Subject: Re: Umpires Remy, Merloni and other former players question the ball and strike technology, at least what's used on TV. I'm not sure it's as infallible as you all like to think. Instant reply is a different issue entirely. I support that. And yes, the umpires should have consulted with one another. I'm not sure it would have made a difference but it should have been done. On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 10:03 AM, Beaudoin, John <[email protected]> wrote: I think Jerry Crasnick just lost all credibility among peers and viewers. And his comments are not even worth debating. But the issue of replay is worth debating. Very simply, it works in football and hockey and some college sports as well. It works in the same kind of close play situations that occur in baseball. Did he make the catch? Were his feet in bounds? Did the clock run out? Etc. It’s been proven to work. And as far as balls and strikes go, well, it’s been proven to work in tennis, which is very similar in technology to the balls and strikes thing. So, we have proof that it can work and I have not heard any valid arguments against it. Dump the umps. John ________________________________ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ray Salemi Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2010 9:56 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Umpires Judging by football, the crowd get's pretty happy when that happens. I was at a Sox game when they overturned an Ortiz home run that had been called a triple. The crowd went wild. On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 7:43 AM, Matt & Olga McSorley <[email protected]> wrote: Jerry Crasnick on ESPN.com. This is the second media person I've heard say this, and it's the absolute most daft thing I've ever read: "Inevitably, the game's sad ending is going to elicit an outcry for expanded use of instant replay. It's a worthwhile debate, but consider this for a second: How gratifying would it have felt if Joyce's botched call was followed by a trip to the replay booth, a five-minute conference, the umpiring crew emerging from the tunnel and Joyce throwing up his right arm with an "out" sign. Yes, Galarraga would have had his perfect game, on paper, but that single transcendent moment of celebration is something that can never be retrieved. In baseball or any other sport, winners don't get mulligans on euphoria." ________________________________ From: Steve Gendron <[email protected]> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Sent: Thu, June 3, 2010 8:39:13 AM Subject: RE: Umpires When you watch the play, you see that as Gallaraga comes off the bag, he shifts the ball in his glove. To the naked eye, it could appear that he didn't have control of the ball until after he was off the bag. In slow motion, it is apparent that he did have control of the ball while on the bag. I think that is why Joyce called him safe. Other than instant replay, it would be tough to automate calls like this. But balls and strikes at home plate should be a piece of cake. Dump the umps. ________________________________ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Matt & Olga McSorley Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2010 8:13 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Umpires I think Joyce knew he blew the call right away. Cabrera at first, and then Leyland after the 28th out was recorded, read him the absolute riot act and Joyce stood there and took it. Umps don't take that kind of crap unless they know they're wrong. -- Matt ________________________________ From: "Beaudoin, John" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Thu, June 3, 2010 8:05:51 AM Subject: Re: Umpires Sorry Steve. But that's your self-imposed criterion. It's not mine. Costing that pitchers millions in endorsements and income is cause enough. ________________________________ From: [email protected] <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Sent: Thu Jun 03 04:53:41 2010 Subject: RE: Umpires > But the ultimate measure of an enforcement mechanism is whether or not it disrupted the competitive balance of a game. It did not. But it easily could have. And umpire mistakes effect the game all the time. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Red Sox Citizens" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. 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