See if you can guess which at-bat this was. Yes, that red dot on the right side (catcher's view)...

See if you can guess which at-bat this was. Yes, that red dot on the right side (catcher's view) was the called strike. Only about 6 inches off the plate, so I guess that's not too bad or anything.

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the important AB.

"I'll be glad to have Ryan help if he wants to. I'll give him a badge and he can be my deputy."
-Sheriff Melvin

by sowingwildoats on Aug 9, 2009 6:41 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Meh. Par for the course.

I know its whiny, but the Brewers seem to have bad luck with umps that don’t have a consistent strike zone from one side of the inning to the other.

I don’t have a category for "washed-up guys who may or may not be dominant big-league closers sometime soon."

~Jeff Sackmann

by Charlie Marlow on Aug 9, 2009 7:14 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

I didn't catch this game

what happened?

Cards Announcers On Gamel's First Career HR, ""That’s all they need is another home run hitter".

by tcyoung on Aug 9, 2009 8:21 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

The Brewers let Astros pitching off the hook many times

But in the ninth with two out and runners on 1st and 2nd, Braun was out on that called strike.

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by TheJay on Aug 9, 2009 8:26 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I know it doesn't matter,

but i’d love to see Cameron at bat in the 9th, and the walk prior to the HR.

by Zorakathura on Aug 9, 2009 10:05 PM CDT via mobile reply actions 0 recs

Boy the Crew's opponents have been getting some zones

They were giving the Dodgers shoe lace strikes and in Houston yesterday and today they were giving the Astros low strikes and cam/braun outside.

by Mr. McGehee on Aug 9, 2009 11:15 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Since this information is available a few hundred milliseconds after each pitch...

why aren’t balls and strikes determined this way? How much longer are we going to let umpires call an invisible strike zone for baseballs moving 80-90 mph, when automated systems exist that can do it quickly and reliably? I’m completely fed up with this garbage. No other major sport is this technologically backward.

by RobertArthur on Aug 9, 2009 11:27 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

come on, do you really want DALEKS telling you you're out?

STRIKE THREE

I MOVE BY PSYCHO-KINETIC POWER

"I'll be glad to have Ryan help if he wants to. I'll give him a badge and he can be my deputy."
-Sheriff Melvin

by sowingwildoats on Aug 10, 2009 12:08 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

The ejections would be more exciting

by drezdn on Aug 10, 2009 8:21 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

~~Ejections~~ Exterminations

by grant76 on Aug 10, 2009 9:14 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs

As long as we have The Doctor on our side, I think we’ll be fine.

The rest of the human race.. whatever.

by SgtClueLs on Aug 10, 2009 8:57 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Because umpire mistakes are part of the game!

(Note that the sarcasm-dar is beeping vigorously).

E: George 4 (5, throw, throw, throw, throw).

by Jordan M on Aug 10, 2009 12:18 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Shouldn't the dot in the picture be about two-three times bigger?

To match the diameter of the ball, I mean.

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by TheJay on Aug 10, 2009 5:40 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

No

The strike zone was just that big.

BCB, the preferred above replacement level sarcasm supplier.

by MadJimiBrewha on Aug 10, 2009 7:33 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs

That's a brooks baseball graph, I didn't make it

It’s just a dot on the coordinates of where the pitch passed.

E: George 4 (5, throw, throw, throw, throw).

by Jordan M on Aug 10, 2009 11:59 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I know you didn't make it

But I think they should really make some graphs that have accurately-sized location dots (or circles, whatever), especially if they are going to be used to debate accuracy of ball and strike calls.

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by TheJay on Aug 10, 2009 5:57 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

terrible call

but they didn’t deserve that game. Sometimes umps make you wonder

by nezy37 on Aug 10, 2009 5:09 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

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