Even Wimbledon uses computers now, and baseball isn't half as stuffy and steeped in tradition as Wimbledon ...
On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 12:33 PM, Tom Salemi <[email protected]> wrote: > I support both ideas. > > I just draw the line at having a red/green light stand behind home plate, > ringing up balls and strikes. > > On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 12:23 PM, Ray Salemi <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I don't think that something needs to be "killing the sport" to be >> changed. >> >> The instant replay request is modest. A manager should be able to get one >> a game. >> >> As to balls and strikes, I would at least want the technology to be used >> to rate the umpires and dump the ones who don't know the strike zone. I >> think a 95% accuracy rate in an MLB umpire is not too much to ask. That's >> getting 190 pitches right in a 200 pitch game. >> >> Ray >> >> On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 8:43 AM, Tom Salemi <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Yes, and these screwed up calls are just killing the sport. I'm not sure >>> if baseball will survive another 150 years. >>> >>> On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 8:13 AM, Steve Gendron <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> Yes, it is baseball's heritage to screw up calls. Let's not mess with >>>> that. >>>> >>>> And by the way, there is a big different between the "Amica pitch-zone" >>>> that Remy likes to criticize and the QuesTec system which uses 4 cameras >>>> and >>>> adjusts for the size of each batter. >>>> >>>> -- >> Author of "FPGA Simulation: A Complete Step-by-Step Guide" >> www.fpgasimulation.com >> >> >> -- >> 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]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]<redsoxcitizens%[email protected]> >> . >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/redsoxcitizens?hl=en. >> > > -- > 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]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<redsoxcitizens%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/redsoxcitizens?hl=en. > -- 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]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/redsoxcitizens?hl=en.
