Sidebar: after a couple of ties in swimming at the Summer Olympics, the question was raised whether it was worth expanding the official time to include thousands of a second (.001). And the short answer was that the physical nature of a swimming pool precluded that level of precision: a pool could shrink or expand enough that it was possible that the length between two lanes would vary to a point where .001 second fell within the margin of error allowed.
On Sat, Nov 5, 2016 at 3:30 PM, PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > Perhaps we will not change each any minds, but we can at least get the > arguments clear. By my logic, both of the blown calls you cite *would* have > been overturned, as regular slow motion replay (even regular speed replay) > clearly shows what the right call should have been. In the case of > Denkinger, you can hear the TV analyst say almost immediately that from the > naked eye it was obvious the runner was safe. > > I have not argued that replay should be avoided to spare the feelings of > umpires, nor have I used the "their only human" defense. What I have argued > is that games are played on a human level - at speeds, and with margins of > error, that human beings can perceive and understand as play unfolds. It is > at that human level that the game should officiated. Technology now allows > the game to be officiated at a non-human level, where time is slowed down, > and margins are so small they could not possibly influence real time > decisions by players or officials. This is what I object to. > > Denkinger: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWjPlA8TEvo > > Joyce: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WlDTBDJbNE4 > > > > On Sat, Nov 5, 2016 at 11:25 AM, 'Dave Sikula' via TVorNotTV < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> By your logic, if a game has an egregiously blown call, such as >> Denkinger's in the '87 Series or Jim Joyce's brain fart in Gallaraga's >> perfect game, the only people who shouldn't know how bad the call was are >> the 40,000 people in the stadium. Everyone else will see it on television >> and be screaming at their screens. >> >> As I said, getting the call correct is far more important to me than >> salving the feelings of umpires (who are already far too tetchy) or >> maintaining mistakes in the name of "well, they're only human." The >> technology exists, it works, and should be used. >> >> But I can see we're not going to convince each other ... >> >> --Dave Sikula >> >> -- >> -- >> 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. >> > > -- > -- > 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. > -- -- 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.
