The amazing, ever-changing strike zone in Omaha.

[IBleedMaroonDawg]

Even Ben Mac was mystified. It's funny how the strike zone changes with each pitcher on the mound. That high part of the strike zone isn what keeps changing the most.

 

[patdog]

Automated ball-strike calls can’t happen soon enough. Hopefully some of these umpires will get embarrassed enough (or educated enough) to get better at their job.

 

[PearlRiverCoDawg]

Is it the same Blue from 2021? Trying to find that picture of the so call ball he called against McLeod in game one of the Natty.

 

[Msuirondawgs]

Automated ball-strike calls can’t happen soon enough. Hopefully some of these umpires will get embarrassed enough (or educated enough) to get better at their job.

Agree. This HP ump tonight is a joke. I don't care who you're rooting for either way.

 

[IBleedMaroonDawg]

I'm not too fond of LSU, but this is beyond ridiculous. I'm so confused at what a strike is right now.

I think I would've gotten thrown out a couple of minutes ago but it's all good now that WF is on top.

1955.

Play at the plate was wild

 

[chuckster.sixpack]

Even Ben Mac was mystified. It's funny how the strike zone changes with each pitcher on the mound. That high part of the strike zone isn what keeps changing the most.

Sounds like a baseball game.

 

[Maroon13]

Automated ball-strike calls can’t happen soon enough. Hopefully some of these umpires will get embarrassed enough (or educated enough) to get better at their job.

I think it's coming soon. Trackman is widely used by college, minor and MLB for "studies".

 

[GloryDawg]

As long as it is the Corn Dogs getting ramped up the butt, I am ok with it. I am going to laugh may butt off if they get put out.

 

[WrapItDog]

Lets take a look at the 3 consecutive walks LSU gave up in the 6th

 

[aTotal360]

That's baseball.

 

[TXDawg.sixpack]

By definition, if the ball touches boundary of the strike zone, it's a strike, right? Or does the entire ball need to be inside the zone?

 

[DawgatAuburn]

Lets take a look at the 3 consecutive walks LSU gave up in the 6th

You trying to tell me he threw 18 consecutive strikes??? I was listening in the car but missed the part where they loaded the bases.

 

[Chesusdog]

By definition, if the ball touches boundary of the strike zone, it's a strike, right? Or does the entire ball need to be inside the zone?

I think so. But did they really throw 18 straight pitches that could have been strikes? Only three of those balls look particularly bad, but still that's too many errors.

 

[Chesusdog]

You trying to tell me he threw 18 consecutive strikes??? I was listening in the car but missed the part where they loaded the bases.

That's pretty impressive, or the graphics are ********.

 

[patdog]

Lets take a look at the 3 consecutive walks LSU gave up in the 6th

Good lord! I would be fuming. Walked the bases loaded without throwing even 1 pitch out of the strike zone.

 

[NWADawg]

Automated ball-strike calls can’t happen soon enough. Hopefully some of these umpires will get embarrassed enough (or educated enough) to get better at their job.

I think a lot of people will be surprised how much their eyes deceive them when ball-strike calls are automated. With the amount of movement these guys create, a lot of pitches that look perfect when hitting the catcher's mitt were not strikes when they crossed the front of the plate and vice versa.

 

[baddawggy]

i know major league umpires are better because that automated strike zone keeps them honest.

 

[IBleedMaroonDawg]

That's baseball.

That's one of the things I don't like about baseball. There's nothing wrong with having a human element in the game, but those walks are about as bad as I have seen an umpire squeeze the strike zone. I can see you getting a couple calls wrong for one batter, but doing it three batters in a row was pitiful. I would've said the same thing if the teams were reversed in that situation. He completely changed the game.

 

[josebrown]

I'm not too fond of LSU, but this is beyond ridiculous. I'm so confused at what a strike is right now.

I think I would've gotten thrown out a couple of minutes ago but it's all good now that WF is on top.

1955.

Play at the plate was wild

The chosen year!!

 

[IBleedMaroonDawg]

I think a lot of people will be surprised how much their eyes deceive them when ball-strike calls are automated. With the amount of movement these guys create, a lot of pitches that look perfect when hitting the catcher's mitt were not strikes when they crossed the front of the plate and vice versa.

I get missing calls for pitches that are on the plate or off the plate but I was more concerned with his strike zone which kept shrinking up and down with pitches right down the middle of the plate.

 

[Jacknut]

Where are those graphics coming from. Are those official stats?

 

[kired]

Ump definitely had some bad calls as the game went on. I thought he had a decent size zone early and then suddenly wouldn't call a strike. Even the announcers said the zone seemed to tighten up after the sun / shade situation changed.

Although I will also say I thought the LSU catcher was doing a poor job of framing. I get slightly annoyed when catchers jerk an obvious ball back into the zone, but he was doing the opposite a few times. He'd catch a ball with his glove moving away from the strike zone.

 

[Maroon13]

Just according to that graphics, I see an ump with a tight zone. He did miss some according to that graphic. But some could go either way to the naked eye.... and the way catchers frame pitches, the ump has one second to see where a pitch crossed.

regardless, go to trackman. Umps can still call outs, balks, time out, and check swings etc.