The most prestigious law school admissions discussion board in the world.
|
 |
 
|
I feel sorry for baseball umpires now
| Junko Enoshima | 03/31/26 |
Poast new message in this thread
Date: March 31st, 2026 5:26 AM Author: Junko Enoshima ABS is good, but the dynamic where the umpire calls a ball or strike and then the batter or pitcher challenges and then the whole stadium sees how objectively wrong the umpire was is humiliating, and it can happen multiple times a game. The closest analog is tennis, with boundary calls, but there the calls are always so close you can't blame anyone for getting them wrong. And with tennis you have actual lines on the court to help, we're making umpires imagine an invisible box, so of course they're way off a lot of the time. I think before this season is even over baseball will have all balls and strikes be called by the computer. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5851841&forum_id=2)#49782340) |