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Ejections: Angel Hernandez (1)

Apr 13, 2011 18:04

HP Umpire Angel Hernandez ejected Padres Manager Bud Black for arguing a called second ball in the top of the 4th inning of the Reds-Padres game. With two out and three on, Reds batter Travis Wood took a 1-2 curveball from Padres pitcher Tim Stauffer for a called second ball. Replays indicate the pitch was located navel high and over the inner half ( Read more... )

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Just goes to show how crappy a computer would be at calling strikes anonymous April 15 2011, 14:10:05 UTC

The pitch (pitch 4) looks inside to everyone watching, including the Padres' announcers (the most homer announcers in the game, my how far Dick Enberg has fallen). And yet the infallible computer says it's a strike and not even one that's borderline.

How the catcher receives the pitch will always, ALWAYS be part of whether a pitch is judged a ball or a strike. If MLB ever used computers to call balls and strikes, it would last a day and everyone would revolt. I'd like to see it, actually, then maybe everyone would shut up about computers and replay.

I guess an objective standard is needed for a league such as this, but there's no way that I'm looking at this (as merely an observer) and thinking Angel did anything wrong in this at bat.

Re: Just goes to show how crappy a computer would be at calling strikes anonymous April 15 2011, 20:48:21 UTC

Agreed. The computer says "strike," Angel says inside. Remember, the pitchfx computer takes into account the "expanded" 25-inch strike zone (3 inches for ball diameter + 1.5 inches for mythical "black" = 4.5 inches x 2 (left + right sides) = 8 inches of extra strike zone. 17 inch plate + 8 inch extra = 25 inch zone), so the "strike" here which is on the edge of the zone was likely somewhere in that added 8 inches of borderline space.

Good call angel and I like that this site makes the call correct for ejections about a call that has nothing absolutely zero effect on the game. I mean how stupid seriously bud black getting ejected AFTER THE INNING IS OVER for arguing a call THAT HAD NO EFFECT ANYWHERE. It's not like they even got a walk out of it.