Time for Robo-Umps?

[*bengalfan74*]

(08-13-2019, 03:00 PM)fredtoast Wrote: Even umps have subconscious biases.  Pete Rose used to get good calls because he had a reputation of having a great eye.  If he took a close pitch with two strikes it was assumed to be a ball.  I'd say Votto got the same treatment when he was hitting like an MVP.

This is one big aspect people tend to discount and it's just human nature I suppose ?

As you say Pete Rose and Rookie X don't have the same stike zone. Tony Gwynn and Joe Bench Warmer didn't either. And it's still true today.

But I still agree more with Grampahol