I like watching baseball especially if it includes my home team the Arizona Diamondbacks. While watching the games this past weekend, I had a couple thoughts that would make viewing a baseball game on television a little more interesting.
1. Put a camera on the heads of all the umpires. The calls at each of the bases and the strikes and balls would be interesting to see what the umpire saw when he made the call. Wouldn't it be cool to see a close play at the plate from the eyes of the home plate umpire? I think it would be cool
2. Apparently even though the strike zone goes from the knees to the chest and is the width of the plate, it is not a static thing. It varies by umpire and sometimes by pitch. The other day there was a strike call on a pitch that was clearly outside. It was off the plate by a foot, yet it was called a strike. A strike zone that is fluid confounds the pitcher and the hitter. At least if you're not going to stick to the traditional strike zone, be consistent about the calls. So what I'd like to see, is in the broadcast of the game when they show the balls and strikes with the strike zone thing. You know what I'm talking about come one help me out here lol. I'd like to see two strike zones shown. I'd like to see the strike zone according to the rule book and the strike zone as called by the umpire. I think that would be a cool thing to see too.
That's the 2 things I'd like to see, both would be interesting
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