01-20-2016, 10:13 PM
IIRC pitchfx is used today after the game. The ump gets a report to go over that shows where he made calls that the system disagrees with. (And I bet Straw is right about the making most errors in the pitcher's favor. The batter seems to get more veteran-of-the-doubt with check swings to me, Butch) The idea is to school up each umpire, and over a given time period the league monitors that improvement.
My memory of it is hazy because I read about this in my pre-Cub days. (I think they beta tested pitchfx at Fenway (and Toronto?) in 2005 or 06, so there was a lot of scuttlebutt/fear about how it would be used. )
They'll need to try out using pitchfx during the game, like in the minors for a while, before they figure out exactly how to bring it online. Here is something that Sportvision tried last year.
http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-auto...story.html
My memory of it is hazy because I read about this in my pre-Cub days. (I think they beta tested pitchfx at Fenway (and Toronto?) in 2005 or 06, so there was a lot of scuttlebutt/fear about how it would be used. )
They'll need to try out using pitchfx during the game, like in the minors for a while, before they figure out exactly how to bring it online. Here is something that Sportvision tried last year.
http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-auto...story.html