There is no bigger proponent for an automated strike zone than I am. If we can develop a system to make every call on the baseball diamond automated, I would be in support of that as well. I just feel the quality and talent of major league baseball would be enhanced if the hitter and pitchers actually knew what the strike zone is on a daily basis, instead of having to guess what it will be mid-game. Baseball is the only major sports were there are no subjective calls. There are no fouls or penalties that need to be classified. Everything is binary. Ball/strike, safe/out, fair/foul. The only subjective thing umpires have to do is determine whether to eject the manager after making a horrendous call on the field. Why add extra variables to such a simple system?
In the ALDS series better the Yanks and the Twins, Joe Mauer hit a fly ball down the left field line, that clearly landed fair by a wide margin as seen on the still picture. I say this is the worst call because in the playoffs, there are 2 more umpires down each line to make sure calls like these are accurate. Nice job getting your only call of the entire day wrong.
