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Re: Why we need computers calling balls and strikes
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Originally Posted by AtomicDumpling
Then I think you will be shocked when balls and strikes are called electronically in major league baseball within the next 10 years.
There is already a system in place in all 30 MLB ballparks that measures the strikezone more accurately than any umpire in the history of the sport. The technology is already here, the only thing needed is for the Commissioner to flip the switch.
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I think you're overselling the system's accuracy.
The systems that are in place have graded the umpires roughly 92-98% accurate in most games. But yet the system itself is only 97% accurate according to the providers of the technology, which means it's conceivable that there are games where the human is more accurate than the system.
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