Posts Tagged ‘PITCHf/x’

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It’s Time for Umpires to Use PITCH f/x

by Rick Swanson on July 11th, 2011 at 3:24 pm
Posted In: Rick Swanson, Umpires

(update: strikezone plots added at 5:27pm) As umpiring appears to be devolving right before my eyes, I have been campaigning for baseball to allow PITCHf/x strikezone plots to be used inside each park, so that fans could see how bad some of these calls really are. Recently I spoke with MLB umpire supervisor, Steve Palermo, […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Control vs. Command

by C. Sven Jenkins on August 17th, 2011 at 2:31 pm
Posted In: Arizona Diamondbacks, Boston Red Sox, New York Mets, Philadelphia Phillies, Sven Jenkins

In baseball, the terms ‘control’ and ‘command’ are thrown around quite often when talking about pitching. Unfortunately, the vast majority of the time, the players, announcers, and just about everyone else is using the term ‘command’ incorrectly. During a game, or on 60ft6in.com, you might hear, “Cliff Lee has ‘command’ of his cutter today” or […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Was C.C. Squeezed in Detroit?

by C. Sven Jenkins on October 4th, 2011 at 12:29 pm
Posted In: Detroit Tigers, New York Yankees, Rick Swanson, Sven Jenkins, Umpires

Since my Facebook page is blowing up this morning about C.C. Sabathia‘s strike zone last night, I figured I’d investigate. Yankees fans, and the Yankees manager, are all over last night’s home plate umpire, Gerry Davis, claiming that Sabathia got squeezed. If only there was a way to find out…. Whalla! I give you PITCHf/x! […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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The Runge Rule

by Rick Swanson on April 23rd, 2012 at 5:10 pm
Posted In: Chicago White Sox, Rick Swanson, Seattle Mariners, Umpires

The perfect game pitched by Phil Humber should have an asterisk attached because of the blown check-swing strike call by umpire Brian Runge on the last out of the game. Of course baseball does not question any of these types of calls, because they do not have any written rule for “checked swings”. The MLB […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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