> On Nov 2, 2016, at 3:35 PM, Joe Hass <[email protected]> wrote: >> On Tue, Nov 1, 2016 at 12:38 PM, Tom Wolper <[email protected]> wrote: >> It's well known that each umpire has his own strike zone and ball/strike >> calls can be very subjective. Some people call for an electronic strike zone >> so calls can be consistent and accurate while others want to preserve the >> human aspect of the game. As a result the PitchTrax could show that a called >> strike was clearly out of the strike zone, or vice versa, and the TV >> announcer won't call attention to it. If he says anything, it will be that >> the pitcher has to learn this ump's strike zone. > > This is one of my biggest gripes of national baseball broadcasters: no one > will outright say that an umpire has botched a strike/ball call. [snip] > Admit they kicked a few pitches.
>From recent experience with Cardinals broadcasts, it would appear local >announcers have no such compunction, especially on the radio. Lead Cards' >announcer John Rooney has gotten to the point where he's blasé about it much >of the time. "Belt-high pitch right over the heart of the plate, called a >ball," is a typical Rooney call--not an after-the-fact commentary, but the >actual call--delivered in the same tone used for a routine grounder to short >ending a three-up, three-down inning. I'm pretty sure his partners, Mike >Shannon at home and Rick Horton on the road, are similarly inclined to kvetch >about umpire malfeasance. Dan MacLaughlin on TV will point it out, too, but >less demonstratively, unless an umpire is having a Larry Vanover kind of >night. (Rooney is even prone to lambasting the NY replay crew if he disagrees with a ruling. He also loves to point out when a brand new ball is fouled onto the field, where it must be retrieved by a ball boy, "That ball is on its way to the authenticator. That's a GAME -USED BALL!") -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" 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/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
