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2018-09-04: Cubs (Montgomery) at Brewers (Miley) 7:10 PM CDT [Brewers win, 11-1]

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wildcat83 ACL Brewers

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Saw an ESPN special on the computer strike zone. The developers explained how they build a data base for each player based on actual swings. They brought it to a minor league game and were able to set zones for each player just by recording BP before the game. The reporter served as the home plate ump that night with zero experience ever doing it. There’s a light in center field that came on instantly for strikes, the ump watched that then called each pitch. They interviewed fans after and nobody had a clue it was an automated zone. Zero complaints about balls/strikes during the game from players but they knew it was being done.
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DuWayne Steurer Wisconsin Timber Rattlers

DuWayne Steurer

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Saw an ESPN special on the computer strike zone. The developers explained how they build a data base for each player based on actual swings. They brought it to a minor league game and were able to set zones for each player just by recording BP before the game. The reporter served as the home plate ump that night with zero experience ever doing it. There’s a light in center field that came on instantly for strikes, the ump watched that then called each pitch. They interviewed fans after and nobody had a clue it was an automated zone. Zero complaints about balls/strikes during the game from players but they knew it was being done.

 

It'd be interesting to see if they could set this up and tell a team they were just "capturing data", and then use it for a game without telling the teams and see what the perception of the called balls/strikes were.

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jerichoholicninja Carolina Mudcats

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Back to the Kratz HBP. I was watching on Gameday and according to that it was strike. Did it look like a strike on TV and did any Cubs argue about it?

Don't see how that could possibly be a strike seeing as how the pitch was a one hopper.

 

Must have really been short of the plate because it was on the corner at the knees according to gameday.

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Nice job, Wade.
"Dustin Pedroia doesn't have the strength or bat speed to hit major-league pitching consistently, and he has no power......He probably has a future as a backup infielder if he can stop rolling over to third base and shortstop." Keith Law, 2006
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