tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1413451422114161954.post8283244352474596512..comments2024-03-15T02:19:47.181-05:00Comments on Brewed Sports: Bad BaseballDannyNoonanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12965127114354857721noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1413451422114161954.post-7882146079688598162009-10-30T16:08:14.346-05:002009-10-30T16:08:14.346-05:001. Jeter's great. Good guy, awesome player. ...1. Jeter's great. Good guy, awesome player. That bunt may not have changed their win % as much as some decisions, but it was just so obviously a bad idea. And Jeter being a great hitter makes it worse. <br /><br />2. Well, yeah, but the machine would have gotten it right. And there was the Utley play too.<br /><br />3. You are correct that the vertical wouldbe slightly problematic, however,<br /><br />a. you can at least have the horizontal,<br />b. you could just standardize the vertical if you really wanted to, and most importnantly,<br />c. Pitch f/x is what they use to grade umpires. <br /><br />Plus in all of my examples the pitchers missed outside.PaulNoonanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01600099270280639424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1413451422114161954.post-84666899290967327412009-10-30T15:15:06.152-05:002009-10-30T15:15:06.152-05:00But what about the human element??? Ok, to play a...But what about the human element??? Ok, to play a bit of devil's advocate.<br /><br />1 - Jeter's bunt was stupid, but nowhere near the worst play/decision ever! Maybe it cost them 10% in win probability (at most)? Noone hates the Yankees more than me and Jeter's freaking awesome, i hate to say it but its true. He's super super good at baseball for a super long time and a good guy too. I don't get the whole calling him cap'n derogatively thing.<br /><br />2 - I dont understand how anyone could possibly complain about the ump's call on the line drive that Howard scooped off the short hop. It's not humanly possible to have any idea whether he caught or not when watching replays at regular speed. If you want to argue that it shows we need instant replay, then ok, but criticizing the ump there is crazy.<br /><br />3 - Balls and strikes. If i remember correctly, each batter should technically have a different strike zone (at least in terms of top/bottom, left/right edges of the zone should be constant). So how can F-X or whatever do this? if there's a way where each player gets measured by the computer before the game or something and then it develops a particular strike zone for each player, then i guess it could work, otherwise seems like it wouldn't.Jonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1413451422114161954.post-38543452124147653412009-10-30T14:02:19.333-05:002009-10-30T14:02:19.333-05:00I could not stop laughing at that Jeter bunt attem...I could not stop laughing at that Jeter bunt attempt. What a God damned idiot.<br /><br />And yeah, shockingly the umpiring is terrible. At some point the folks arguing for the "human element" will die off while winning Darwin Awards and sane people will be able to watch players dictate the outcome of sporting events.<br /><br />As bad as the on the field stuff has been, it cannot match Buck and McCarver. They alone make the series sooooo difficult to watch. They should really be ashamed.E.S.K.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02755352124021777813noreply@blogger.com