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Originally Posted by sri8527
just for the sake of argument here, take race out of the equation, and focus on the "bias" used in the study. i am a proud red sox fan, thus i do not like the yankees. i show up at my 15/16 yr. old game, yankees/red sox does anyone really think my "bias" will kick in? I like Reebok, hate nike, that pitcher has nike head too toe, gonna get him? we all have some bias toward something, but to say one pitch, per game shows anything relevant, is trying too get your article published. IMHO.
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Pitchers like the called strikes.
Pitchers love the swinging strikes.
Pitchers are not happy when batters foul off too many strikes.
Pitchers wonder if putting the ball "in play" should be considered a strike.
Pitchers have heart aches over 360809 called strikes versus 771314 called balls.
Pitchers feel that umpires should end this type of discrimination.
Benefits include:
More "biased" strike calls would also shorten game.
Young pitchers' stats would dominate game and appear closer to softball counterparts.
The numbers of hits, hrs, and rbis would drop the "juice numbers" back below normal.
There would be no steroid discussion.
Huh? More money is needed to determine whether umpires are repsonsible for steroid scandal!