08-13-2019, 02:43 PM
So I watched Votto strike out twice on called strikes Sunday that were balls. Then I watched Sunday night baseball and the same thing was going on.The error rate of calls can be fairly significant and at key times. Sometimes a strike in say the 3rd inning is called a ball later in the game, of course by the same ump. Then you run into make up calls, where the ump honestly doesn't want to influence the game by a bad previous call. But the game has been influenced, ie a pitcher might have needed more pitches to get out of an inning, and we know how teams follow pitch counts. I also see batters argue over strikes that really are strikes, and if the computer calls it, there would be no point in arguing that either. I'm as old school as it gets, but the bottom line is that the calls are right in who wins and loses. We already review calls at 1st base, HBP, tag plays, HR's, catches whether they are trapped or not, etc. Fans accept calls that are correct regardless of which side you root for.