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Umpires Have a New Enemy

By Tom FornelliApr 1st 2009 – 1:37PM

Back in 2001, major league umpires weren't too pleased with the revolutionary new QuesTec systems that were placed in a third of the ballparks around the league QuesTec was put in place to help establish a more uniform strike zone as the data collected would be used to teach the umpires about what they were doing right and...

Chipper Trusts Computers More Than Umpires

By Matt WatsonSep 5th 2007 – 1:00PM

As long as balls and strikes are called by humans, there is going to be some variance on the strike zone, but all any ball player -- hitters and pitchers alike -- really want in any given game is consistency. As Chipper Jones made clear in a post-game tirade last night, he doesn't think that crews assigned to Turner Field,...

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