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Originally Posted by Porsche-O-Phile
Why don't they have technology to call the balls & strikes? It seems to me this could easily be done with lasers and computers to specifically define the strike zone and there'd be no issues with so-and-so getting a "wider" strike zone and someone else getting a "narrower" one.
But it would make the sport a lot less interesting I imagine...
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Jeff, I totally agree. and this is exactly my objection. Yes, it could be done now. No, it should NOT be done just because it can be. It takes the human element out of the game which is in large measure one of the things that makes the game great. If you're not a baseball fan (not you Jeff, the collective "you"), then you probably love seeing 12-10 contests. If you really are a baseball fan, you love the defensive game as it has traditionally been..the diving catches, the acrobatic double plays, the bang-bang plays at first and the collisions at home plate.... the umpire is central to all these plays and so is central to the game.
BReif61- Ask the Mew York Mets or the Milwaukee Brewers TODAY if one game is "that big a deal"? They have played over 155 games and they are in a dead tie for the Wildcard spot and a trip to the playoffs. The wildcard team HAS won the World Series already in the past; so is it a "big deal?" YES, it's a huge deal. You're probably a football fan. Is it a "big deal" if some guy (Brett Favre) wears one team's jersey or another? Its "just one season".