J-Doug of the excellent Rational Pastime blog is now writing for Beyond the Boxscore, and he has an excellent post up on relievers who get a wide strike zone. Mariano Rivera benefits from one of the largest zones, as this graphic shows:
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Here is the typical [...]
Over the last few weeks, calls for replay have reached an all-time high, as epic failures by umpires in playoff games have brought the Umpocalypse upon us. However, while replay should be pursued and will help correct the most egregious mistakes, it does not get at the core of the problem. While umpires may be [...]
I’m sure you have all seen the play by now. In what should have been the final out of last night’s game, Greg Golson was said to have trapped a ball that replay showed he clearly caught. The Yankees argued and the umpires huddled, to no avail. The batter was awarded first base, and Jim [...]
David Ortiz spouted off after yesterday’s game about Jerry Layne’s strike zone:
Red Sox designated hitter David Ortiz could muster nothing against Yankees starter CC Sabathia on Saturday, going 0-for-4 with three strikeouts (two called) and a double play in Boston’s 5-2 loss to New York. Yet while Ortiz gave some credit to the [...]
Last night Garrett Anderson and Russell Martin managed to get themselves ejected after arguing with home plate umpire Chris Guccione over balls and strikes. They were both unhappy with the size of the strike zone Guccione was granting Rivera and made their displeasure clear. This begs an obvious question: did they have a legitimate complaint, [...]
From Marc Carig:
“I knew it was a ball,” said Rodriguez, about the called strike he took on 2-2 fastball with the bases loaded, two outs and his team tied in the fourth inning on Sunday afternoon. “And then when I went inside to confirm it, I was even more upset.”
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Do you see the lower righthand corner, which is the inside corner to righties and outside corner to lefties? Derryl Cousins decided that this was not a strike. By doing so, he forced Joba away from the lower portion of the strikezone all night. As the following chart [...]
From Matt Gelb:
When Derek Jeter was called out attempting to steal third base with no one out, he asked third base umpire Marty Foster for a reason.
Jeter thought he was safe. The ball had beaten him there, but he moved his left hand around Scott Rolen’s glove and replays showed he touched [...]
The Baseball Analysts did a fascinating study on umpires and their pitch calling based on the count. The findings were fairly surprising:
So the effect of count is indeed significant. In fact, all else equal, each strike in the count decreases the likelihood of a pitch being called a strike the same amount as [...]
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