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October 26th, 2016, 12:22 PM
#31
What that stupid graph the networks use does not show is if any part of the ball crosses any part of the plate at any time. If it does, it's a strike.
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October 26th, 2016, 12:25 PM
#32
Alert - MLB has moved the game up by one hour because of the possibility of rain later this evening.
A rain out would definitely help Cleveland - give Kluber another day of rest and he could get three starts.
I'm still worried about Cleveland's sluggers - Mike Napoli hasn't done much of anything the past two months, and
Carlos Santana hasn't either. Need these two to start hitting. Can't expect Perez to keep producing homers like
he did last night.
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October 26th, 2016, 12:47 PM
#33
Originally Posted by
CenTexDave
if any part of the ball crosses any part of the plate at any time. If it does, it's a strike.
or, at least, should be called a strike....mac
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October 26th, 2016, 2:09 PM
#34
Originally Posted by
CenTexDave
What that stupid graph the networks use does not show is if any part of the ball crosses any part of the plate at any time. If it does, it's a strike.
Partly true. The ball must also be between the knees and the letters as it crosses the plate, also known as the strike zone. The strike zone is different for ever player and is also different depending on the height of the umpire calling balls and strikes. A 6 foot tall umps strike zone is different than a 5'7" ump.
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October 26th, 2016, 2:53 PM
#35
Originally Posted by
Night Owl
Partly true. The ball must also be between the knees and the letters as it crosses the plate, also known as the strike zone
what part of the letters? the top? the bottom?
can the batter legally increase or decrease the size of the zone by using his posture, changing his stance ie, crouching etc?.....mac
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October 26th, 2016, 2:55 PM
#36
Originally Posted by
mac
what part of the letters? the top? the bottom?
can the batter increase or decrease the size of the zone by using his posture, changing his stance ie, crouching etc?.....mac
who decides whether the letters should go across the nipples or the belly button?.,....mac
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October 26th, 2016, 3:09 PM
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October 26th, 2016, 3:17 PM
#38
Tonight's lineup. Coco Crisp is playing tonight.
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October 26th, 2016, 3:25 PM
#39
One of the questions my wife and I have had this year was do the umpire have to undergo any sort of peer review.
The strike zone this season has been a mystery in almost every game I have seen. Only twice this year have I seen a consistent ump. And I bet I have watched 200 games or more. Not just a series issue, but a baseball wide issue.
It would seem to me that there should be some way for professional umpires at that level to be subject to periodic review for their calls and to see if they are consistent. Not sour grapes here, as the calls can go wither way... and usually do. But the batter can become very confused when the zone seems to move all over the place.
The magic box that the media uses are fairly consistent at all times, and I have noticed that ESPN tends to use them when there is a questionable call while FOX and a few others are always putting them up for almost every pitch.
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October 26th, 2016, 3:43 PM
#40
Originally Posted by
mac
what part of the letters? the top? the bottom?
can the batter legally increase or decrease the size of the zone by using his posture, changing his stance ie, crouching etc?.....mac
Yes he can and it's been done. I remember when Bill Veeck once had a midget/dwarf as a pinch hitter. 
Last edited by CenTexDave; October 26th, 2016 at 3:45 PM.
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