Paul Skenes Pitches and Umpires at the Same Time 

The top of the pitcher's hats will be rubbed bare by the end of the game.

After 5 successful challenges, eject the umpire.

@@John-tx1wk They better have a bunch of spare hats for them on hand.

@@nspro931 i like that one

Maybe they should only institute it in Angels games. Tell him when you start calling over half the calls correctly it’ll stop!

Because the plate is static, there's zero reason MLB stadiums can't have a tennis-style "hawkeye" system in place. A few cameras, a fast processor, you should be able to get these challenge calls with a full 3D zone in seconds.

@@512metrocompletely agree. Only thing standing in the way is the old schoolers who hate any kind of change at all in baseball

lol no

@@downhillin463 the issue is that the mlb is actively trying to make games shorter so more people watch them so they'd have to replace umpires with the computer strike zone all together for it to work. Another big issue of that is that as much as umpires can suck sometimes, it'd be so mf boring watching the computer call strikes and never having any sort of variables like arguments or ejections or even the occasional missed call. A big reason why people even see clips of baseball anymore are because of coaches freaking out or players freaking out so that'd be gone and so would a lot of eyes on baseball. I really don't think people would enjoy the computer umpire as much as it seems and we'd all be asking for regular umpires again shortly after. Some of the most memorable moments of baseball history are from umpire and player/coach interactions lmao it'd be so boring without them literally nobody would watch or talk about baseball anymore.

robo calls, yuck

No, the human element should remain

Perhaps a middle ground,​@@JohnM-sw4sc? We call Angel H inhuman 😂

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Problem is he wasnt aiming there. That said sometimes wildness can be a bit effective especially if you throw that hard.

He missed his spot by a foot and a half each time and got bailed out by ABS. MLB teams don't want guys who can throw accidental strikes.

as it should be. They should be there to keep count and call safe or out.

@@namne11 why not have a robot do that too then? Robo umps / replay is lame

​@@JohnM-sw4scbetter than Angel

@@aceof8S true.

@@JohnM-sw4sc Getting calls wrong is even more lame. Let the players decide who wins, not the blind umps.

That's the point. They want the 3 players who can challenge to be sure and to not be able to wait for a signal from their coaches.

A strike is a strike

What does missing their spot have to do with it being a strike or not?

@@JaneDoey No one has claimed that it didn't.

@@teebob21 You did with your original comment lol hahahahah

@@JaneDoey Where did my original post indicate that this pitch was not a strike?

Legacy of the game, and maybe in case the system goes down mid game.

@@LucianDevine Then if it goes down you revert for remainder of game, that still not a reason.

Who would you argue with then? Robo umps will ruin the game. It’s not MLB The Show. It’s a beautiful game played by humans for humans, not a video game.

​@@LucianDevinehas that happened during NFL games?

@@aceof8S Has what happened?

God forbid we get the calls right? Did you see those Angel calls yesterday? You agree with that shit? I'm not saying I want the ABS 100% of the time. I want the umps to be better at their jobs so that the challenge system is only used for things like this.

I can't wait until robots replace all these batters who can only get on base 30% of the time. The game deserves perfection.

I agree with you, 100 percent. The imperfection of humans is what makes the game entertaining and enthralling. Sitting around, waiting for computers to analyze whether or not a pitch nicked the zone or looking at every close play to determine safe or out will take all of the immediacy of excitement out of the game.

That's just silly - the strike zone aspect of pitches can be and should be automated. The human aspects of the GAME are all still there, but the "human aspects" (ie errors and subjectivity) of the rules won't be, which makes for a better contest. Particularly if this is only done on a challenge basis, even balls and strikes will mostly remain in the umps hands, very important in the most egregious (read: Angel Hernandez) cases.

@@LucianDevine lol wow so now angel's bad umpiring has to change this great pastime? dude you sound unhinged.

And if the system goes down mid game? Just sit there with your thumb up your ass because there are no umps anymore?

Baseball needed technology that did not exist at its inception?

@@TheHENpp it needed to confront the problem of bias in the strike zone. A rule to do it. This technology is newer yes. Don’t be a dork.

@@gordybishop2375 okay, I won't be a dork. Let's just give all the sports calls to the machines.

@@TheHENpp better then humans in this case by far. We have walls and chalk lines etc, this is just another way to use technology correctly. Umpires have for too long controlled the game with their bias.

A little more accurate and the batter can have more of an advantage and get a hit. That is why he challenged. Its a beautiful strike on the corner that fooled the batter. That is the point

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Electronic stuff doesn't influence the outcome of games. Incorrect calls by officials are the only thing outside player actions that influence the outcome of games. I cannot for the life of me understand why people are okay with games being ruined by bad calls. It's the same people who want referees to call the end of a game more leniently than the beginning. It's fucking idiotic.