grand1511

No

I was at a AAA game this summer that was experimenting with automatic review of ball strike calls. The umpires were not replaced. It was like watching tennis where line calls can be challenged.. Each team started the game with three pitch call challenges. If the challenged call was overturned, they got to keep the challenge. If it was upheald, they lost the challenge. Get three challenges upheld and you have no more challenges for the game. When a challenge was made, within 10 seconds an image was flashed on the scoreboard that showed where the pitch went in relation to the strike zone. It did not slow the game down, but did seem to get things right. I have no idea how the technology works, but it seems well accepted in tennis and I can see it being another needed improvement to baseball.

I've been watching baseball for 5 decades. The new antics don't bother me a bit. And it doesn't hurt in attracting younger fans to the game. The pitch clock has improved the game so much. Last night I was at a game that was 9-4 and completed under 2.5 hours. Lots of home runs, lots of strike outs....a great balance between offense and defense excellence. What really drove me nuts was all the glove adjustments, stepping out of the box or off the rubber that could lead to taking more than a minute to execute 1 pitch. Baseball seems like it's in a real growth mode right now.

Rejected means rejected...all gone away. And yes...the rejected find out who rejected them. And I've told everyone on of them that I honestly don't know who wrote the review when I rejected it. There are no names on it.

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