Strike Zone

[MichaelVA2000]

Interesting article from The Hardball Times. Look for: That was a strike?
by Josh Kalk


http://www.hardballtimes.com/main/ar...-was-a-strike/

Would you welcome this technology at the college and high school level?

[johnnyg08]

for training and development, I would love a shot to do a few games with this technology...but I'd like it to be blindly applied where I didn't know it was on...otherwise, I think I might tend to overthink my game...

[Welpe]

For internal evaluation purposes, it would definitely be useful. I'm not so sure about it being available to coaches and fans though.

[UmpTTS43]

I liked seeing the c*** shot strikes balled and visa versa. Makes a guy wonder if they were FYCs.

[socalblue1]

I would think the cost is simply too high for use in MiLB or College, let alone HS. Multiple cameras, video recoding and computers are not cheap, then you have trained operators and later supervisors to clean up the raw data.

MLB spends quite a bit of time cleaning up the data before using for evaluation / training, though I think umpires receive a CD/DVD right after the game (Or next day?).

I have done a couple of games in a stadium with the PITCHf/x system when it was first veing evaluated. The raw result depends very much on the operator getting the initial settings correct. Results from a game or two is eye opening to say the least!

[TussAgee11]

Have you read the report on race/ethnicity? That's some crazy stuff in there... I'd like to think it isn't true but the academic side of me says believe it.

[johnnyg08]

Originally Posted by socalblue1

I would think the cost is simply too high for use in MiLB or College, let alone HS. Multiple cameras, video recoding and computers are not cheap, then you have trained operators and later supervisors to clean up the raw data.

MLB spends quite a bit of time cleaning up the data before using for evaluation / training, though I think umpires receive a CD/DVD right after the game (Or next day?).

I have done a couple of games in a stadium with the PITCHf/x system when it was first veing evaluated. The raw result depends very much on the operator getting the initial settings correct. Results from a game or two is eye opening to say the least!

It probably is wishful thinking, but it would be an excellent internal training tool...coaches and fans though, at anything below The Show would be dumb.

[gordon30307]

Originally Posted by MichaelVA2000

Interesting article from The Hardball Times. Look for: That was a strike?
by Josh Kalk


http://www.hardballtimes.com/main/ar...-was-a-strike/

Would you welcome this technology at the college and high school level?

No