the "ZONE" & calling it by the book.....

[PeteBooth]

Rog all of this still has to get past the Players Union. With players earning "Oogles" of Money" and also having a strong union - you can bet that before anything gets passed - The players union will have something to say about it.

Also, I really do not think that this will effect most of us unless there are individuals who are PRO Umpires or Umpire at the NCAA Division 1 Level.

Call Strikes and Move the Game Along.

I think the more interesting aspect of the article was the mention of how long the games are. The regular season averaged 3 hr. and 5 minutes and if you take out the games that Maddux / Brown / Martinez pitched it would probably be higher. Also, the playoffs took on average 4 hours.

Maybe they will adopt some of the FED Speed-up rules.

Pete Booth