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by ilaksh 1704 days ago
Do you have any idea how many bad calls there are? I read about a study by a university that said something like 11% of ball/strike calls were missed.

Its absolutely amazing to me that this tracking data is just being displayed for everyone except the umpires. Apparently just to troll us with how bad they are.

I think pretending it's just the umpires is just sad and won't work out because everyone will know. We will notice that they are no longer making so many horrible calls.

Honestly if the MLB doesn't get robot umpires going for the strikezone within the next few years, I may start watching Wiffleball exclusively instead. Much more modern game. An average group of kids who know that plastic and PVC pipe exists are able to have a fun, safe and fair time.

It's like most people are trapped in the 19th century.