Electronic eyes to call balls and strikes. Yes or No?

You know what baseball is?

What do you do when there's a play at the plate?

This is a very Rex like thread.

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I would stop watching if there was a computer program calling balls and strikes.

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Any particular reason?

Not really workable. Go look up the old Slate article on baseball's misleading camera angle. Basically, the placement of the TV camera changes the apparent location of a pitch. They used side by side clips of the same pitch, one from a normal, offset camera and the other from a dead center camera. There was a big difference.

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Any particular reason

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I prefer the human error. It changes the way many pitchers attack the zone, depending on who is behind the plate at times.

If you set an exact strike zone it would make the pitchers' job much more difficult.

Hell no

I think some people kind of like the human element to remain in officiating.



I don't know how this would happen here, but things like replay have let to unintended consequences like how we see imperfections in plays such as catches at microspeeds that should never be overturned. But, the other side of it will argue that if we have the technology, we can't ignore those things.

Electronic line calling has eliminated almost all BS in tennis.

I would be ok getting rid of replay in all the major sports.

I think a lot of people are turned off by replay by how nonsensical those rules and procedures are in the NFL.