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re: Automated Ball Strike Challenges for SEC Tourney
Posted on 5/4/26 at 5:10 pm to LSUJML
Posted on 5/4/26 at 5:10 pm to LSUJML
If this is similar to the challenge system we have in place now, the players will want to challenge often.
If I were a coach, no challenges until 2 strikes. Challenge a called strikeout as a batter and that's it.
If I were a coach, no challenges until 2 strikes. Challenge a called strikeout as a batter and that's it.
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Posted on 5/4/26 at 5:13 pm to mdomingue
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Any part of the ball passing over any part of the plate, from the bottom of the kneecaps to the midpoint between the top of the shoulders and the top of the uniform pants, is a strike
this is the part most fans can't comprehend when watching a gam on TV
if the ball is right here at the very front of the plate, it's a strike
even if the catcher catches it here
problem is the vast majority of college games don't have that cute little square on the screen like MLB games do.
so they go by where the catcher catches it rather than where either crosses the plate.
Posted on 5/4/26 at 5:20 pm to friendlyobservation
Kudos to the SEC office. Hopefully it goes full time next season
Posted on 5/4/26 at 5:35 pm to PP7 for heisman
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Jeff Head might spontaneously combust.
I damn sure hope so
Posted on 5/4/26 at 5:42 pm to ProjectP2294
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I'm going to bet that there are some particular SEC umpires that will not be assigned HP during the tournament.
My first thought too. Can’t make it too obvious.
Posted on 5/4/26 at 5:45 pm to LSBoosie
Including you
Posted on 5/4/26 at 5:51 pm to LSUJML
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if you win the challenge, you retain)
These games will never end. The SEC umpires are nowhere near good enough for this. Introducing this in an SEC tourney where they already struggle to get the games in each day is going to go horribly for the SEC
Posted on 5/4/26 at 6:05 pm to LSUJML
What’s hilarious about this is the technology exists to have an instant call made by the system that would be 100% correct, yet no one is willing to use it, even though we all know it will eventually be implemented
Posted on 5/4/26 at 6:17 pm to LSUJML
I think it’s a great idea, every college sport is changing, headed to pro models. F the umps do your job right and accept the changes.
Posted on 5/4/26 at 6:34 pm to mdomingue
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True, but I know a ball at the ankle or in the opposite batter's box is not a strike.
It is when our batters swing at both consistently
Posted on 5/4/26 at 6:38 pm to DeplorableTerrorizer
We'll need 3 per inning.
Posted on 5/4/26 at 6:46 pm to Nutriaitch
Even the MLB review system is flawed because it judges pitches at the midpoint of homeplate so a pitch that touches the strike zone at the front of the plate can be wrongly overturned on review if it moved out of the zone by the midpoint
Posted on 5/4/26 at 6:51 pm to LSUJML
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- ??ONLY a pitcher, catcher, hitter can request ABS challenge
This needs to be one of those deals where every member of the audience has a clicker and they all get to vote up or down
Posted on 5/4/26 at 6:51 pm to Whataburger
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If I were a coach, no challenges until 2 strikes. Challenge a called strikeout as a batter and that's it.
Honestly I’d probably have a “no challenge unless you have two strikes and there’s a runner in scoring position” rule or something like that.
Posted on 5/4/26 at 6:51 pm to LSUJML
Dup
This post was edited on 5/5/26 at 4:59 am
Posted on 5/4/26 at 7:11 pm to DeplorableTerrorizer
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True, but I know a ball at the ankle or in the opposite batter's box is not a strike.
It is when our batters swing at both consistently
Which you tend to do when it's being called a strike.
Posted on 5/4/26 at 7:31 pm to LSUJML
The problem with getting 3 challenges to ball/strike calls by SEC umps is every team will be out of challenges by the end of the first inning..
Posted on 5/4/26 at 7:41 pm to LSURussian
Nah bc you retain it if you win the challenge
Posted on 5/4/26 at 7:54 pm to Nutriaitch
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so they go by where the catcher catches it rather than where either crosses the plate.
The opposite is often true of college umps. They regularly call strikes based on where the catcher receives the ball behind the plate with no regard for where it was when it arrived. They also fall for frames all the fricking time.
Pitchers know this and will use curves and sliders that start well outside and end “in the zone” behind the batter knowing they will get a lot of them incorrectly called their way.
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