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Interesting! Wonder how it tolerates fans yelling at it2 words: robot umpire
with steely indifferenceInteresting! Wonder how it tolerates fans yelling at it
2 words: robot umpire
No two people have the same visual perspective so yeah the strike zone from umpire to umpire will vary. I do not care what zone an umpire has so long as it is not on a pendulum. If you cannot figure out and adjust to an umpire calling a consistent zone, well you kinda suck at pitching. Were it up to me I would not let kids pitch until 12U. Until then machine pitch and have them learn the game. Nothing a kid does at 12U or even 14U is going to matter with regard to their long term development as a pitcher.Domo arigato.
My official stance on robot umpires: Umpires aren't the problem. Pitchers are. Pitchers who cannot throw consistent strikes. Replace the pitchers with pitching machines.
Found this neat video explaining the sight-line issue with setting up too far back. This also explains why an umpire would move out of the safe zone if sitting six feet back.
Awesome video, TMIB!
I'm curious--are all (as far as you know) umpires trained to put their eyes at the top of the strike zone and call pitches above their eye level high?
It seems like a neat mechanic.
I've attended several umpire clinics my kids participated in and don't remember this being taught.
Some umps need to back the hell off the catchers anyways.
If the umps want a better view they should sit with the parents in the stands, they see it all!