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Friday, January 21, 2022
Technology and sports officiating
I oppose and actively dislike replay and most other officiating technology in sports. So why am I happy about the expansion of the automated strike zone?
The answer is that the ball-strike call is unique in sport. First, the call is difficult for human officials. The umpire must determine whether a ball traveling as extreme speed with outrageous spin passed in the air through an imaginary moving box, simultaneously judging the horizontal and vertical location within that box. And he must make that call between 250 and 300 times each game. Second, the call can be automated in a way other calls cannot be. The call occurs in a confined and stationary space, at which a few cameras can be aimed; it does not require no movement or following the play. Third, it is one of the few technological advances that does not require breaking the flow of the game.
Count me as hoping this works.
Posted by Howard Wasserman on January 21, 2022 at 09:31 AM in Howard Wasserman, Sports | Permalink
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