The Elites don't fear the tall nails, government possesses both the will and the means to crush those folks. What the Elites do fear (or should fear) are the quiet men and women, with low profiles, hard hearts, long memories, and detailed target folders for action as they choose.
"I here repeat, & would willingly proclaim, my unmitigated hatred to Yankee rule—to all political, social and business connections with Yankees, & to the perfidious, malignant, & vile Yankee race."
This is just plain dumb. And moving the pitching mound back 2 feet. Ridiculous
Some things are better left alone.
R.I.P SFC Spencer Kohlheim.
Suicide is never a good thing but I understand.
Thank you for your service to our nation.
Baseball is a beautiful game that’s best left alone.
Leave it alone.
I haven't watched baseball in a long, long time but I remember that artistry of Greg Maddux gradually, over the course of the first few innings, moving a umpire's strike zone into an almost un-hittable spot. If I did watch baseball with a robot umpire, I would miss that.
Last edited by Rubberhead*; 03-10-2019 at 10:43 AM.
Ephesians 2 : 8-9
Charles Barkley: Nobody doesn't like meat.
Y'all need to come watch some of these little league umpires we deal with. I watched several balls hit the front of the plate, and bounce straight up yesterday. They were called strikes. I don't have a problem with an umpire "expanding" the strike zone a little for the young kids, but be consistent.
But in the grand scheme of things, leave a man behind the plate.
The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is,
as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government.
Thomas Jefferson
I don’t know if a computerized strike zone is the answer, I really don’t like the idea, but there does need to be some consistency with the strike zone. At the major league level each umpire seems to have their own strike zone. Some high , some low, some inside or out. They have seemed to play to their reputations over the years.
To get to the point, the strike zone is letters to knees, width of the plate in the rules. It should be called as such. Maybe this will incentivize them to do so.
Umps seem to think they are the show at times instead of an impartial party.
I’ll never forget the Braves / Marlins playoff game years back. The Marlin pitchers had a strike zone 36” wide. It was only one way.
I get that, but it often is they cater to a certain style of pitching. A little variance from ump to ump maybe, but there should be a basic consistency across the board.
Baseball in general seems to be concerned with the pace of the game, and appealing to the younger generations. That said, if the strike zone was called by the book the pace would definitely pick up. Nobody tunes in to watch an umpire.
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