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SGBear's avatar

PRO

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Andrew Vaugh's line since being traded from White Sox to Brewers:

0.429 (6 for 14) with 2 doubles, 2 HRs, 10 RBIs, 2 walks, 2 SOs and an OBP of 0.500 and 1.50 OPS over 5 games (all wins). He was traded for Aaron Civale, who has a 5.58 ERA 1.57 WHIP and is 0-4 as a starter of the six games he was in.

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https://apnews.com/article/robot-umpires-mlb-allstar-game-9c50203a1ba8bf9a1969ea5c2cf7cc16

"MLB sets the top of the automated strike zone at 53.5% of a batter’s height and the bottom at 27%, basing the decision on the midpoint of the plate, 8 1/2 inches from the front and 8 1/2 inches from the back. That contrasts with the rule book zone called by umpires, which says the zone is a cube."

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DON'T BELIEVE EVERYTHING YOU READ.

The AP article is wrong about the shape of the strike zone: it is not a cube.

The definition of the strike zone in the MLB Rules is that the strike zone is the area over home plate between the hollow behind the knees (bottom of the zone) and the midpoint between the belt and the shoulders (top of the zone), which, by definition makes it a five-sided column.

Another thing about the AP article: there's nothing to suggest that Robo Umps will call strikes based on the five-sided column. It could simply be a two-dimensional zone, which is clearly suggested by the opening paragraph (quoted in SGBear's comment).

No f**king nuance or appreciation for the rules, whatsoever. Rob Manfred: dumbing down baseball for the yahoos.

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AndyPanda's avatar

A difference without a practical distinction. It would be practically impossible to hit or observe hitting the triangles at the back of the plate only. Its a cube in the real world, though some attempt to call a plane at the front or somewhere within the cube.

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FiatSlug's avatar

The phrase is "a distinction without a difference".

You also sound like someone who has never umpired behind the dish.

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AndyPanda's avatar

Interesting take; I did 17 games, 9 on the dish, in 9 days thru last Sunday.

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FiatSlug's avatar

Well, then. Clearly, I stand corrected.

Your definition of cube is different than mine. A cube is a three-dimensional object with six equal sides that are either parallel or perpendicular to each other.

Under what circumstance would you not take note of the front or the sides of the plate?

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This will effectively shrink the strike zone, eliminating the legitimate edge strikes that cross the zone only ahead or behind the midpoint. Which are more numerous than you might think. Except no one calls the percentages stated exactly. But this will make hitters more selective. And probably a pro-offense, as well as pro-long count, change.

Will there be in-game adjustments to the zone (usually expanding it), which also happens when a person is making the call, and its already a 10 run game and its late in the game, and raining (or blazing hot), and we need to somehow get through the game despite the total absence of effective pitching? In theory, that could be done by parameter changes.

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I'd love to see a hitter ask for a review when it's a position player pitching and the zone is usually expanded by the umpire. So the team is either up or down by at least 8 runs (can't remember the exact number). He getting plunked on the very next pitch.

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Followed by yet another position player inserted as the next pitcher, after the one that plunked a batter on purpose gets ejected. This is why inflexible definitions and interpretations are a poor subject for good game management.

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Tampa Rays stay in Tampa with sale of team to Floridian

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/45741438/report-stu-sternberg-sell-tampa-bay-rays-17-billion

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The Big Dumper! I didn't realize they made a rule change for the Home Run Derby. 40 pitches over 3 min, so it places an emphasis on having a consistent pitcher.

Also, I love that they're going back to regular team jerseys for the game.

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CAL

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FORMAL

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i went to Campo's Senior Ball, but not our Junior Prom. first time in a limo!

it was a fun night and i am still friends with my date.

i generally like an excuse to dress up and do stuff like that. i tend to dress the nicest for the opera, compared to the symphony.

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dcblue's avatar

My casual observation at the Kennedy Center is that people dress up more for the opera than the symphony. But I think they are dressing up less than before for everything.

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SGBear's avatar

POLITICS

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500 tonnes of food to be incinerated in two weeks because it was destined for brown people and because the money is better spent on billionaires

https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-administration-incinerate-500-tons-022123377.html

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Give 'em hell, Rich Lyons

https://x.com/dailycal/status/1945128581673410731

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Thomas Paine wrote 47-page Common Sense arguing for an egalitarian (equality amongst people) in the colonies of America while eating a beef barbacoa bowl

https://bsky.app/profile/streets.boston.gov/post/3ltx6ttti622h

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Wiata78's avatar

A classic.

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SGBear's avatar

DBD AV CLUB

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ELSEWHERE IN COLLEGE

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