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Message: [QUOTE="jncuse, post: 3141702, member: 1969"] I think the umpires actually do a fairly good job of calling strikes and balls (with a few notable excpetions). It's an extremely hard job to be consistent around the black. Right around the black they are not 100%, but at a fairly good rate. And they are calling it in air. Think of Basketball refs who screw up calls in the circle or other areas where the boundary is clearly defined. Umps don't have that. Umps also have to deal with directives from MLB at certain times on a changing strike zone. That is not easy to change when implemented. Despite all of the above. why baseball has not went to an automated strike zone is beyond me. [/QUOTE]