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Hear, hear, Steve! If umpires were evaluated by the true zone as sensed by a computer, the pitch count would go down and the "integrity of the game" would be intact--nay, even restored! I fully agree with you. Now, how do we convince Alderson, Selig, and Hirschbeck?
Now, Gee, let's take a look at pitching changes as you say. Pitching changes between innings take zero extra time--they already are waiting at least 2:05 for commercials.
Here are the mid-inning pitching changes from yesterday's 15 games.
DET 1
CIN 0
BOS 2
MTL 2
NYY 1
PHI 2
LA 0
PIT 0
BAL 0
FLA 1
TOR 0
NYM 0
TB 3
ATL 1
CHW 1
MIL 2
KC 2
CHC 1
CLE 3
HOU 1
MIN 0
STL 3
SF 2
TEX 1
SD 1
ANA 1
COL 1
OAK 2
ARZ 2
SEA 0
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T 36 / 15 == 2.4 mid-inning pitching changes per game
So, lets say each change is one minute mound meeting plus one minute warmup plus twenty seconds in between. Thats 2:20 per change, times 2.4 is 5:36 time per game spent on pitching changes. So you want to say, cut that in half? Are the changes you want make to the strategic game of baseball worth two and a half minutes shorter of a game?
P-Sz
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