For those who have followed the debate over switching to an electronic strike zone, I have a question: do the errors predominantly favor the hitter (i.e., human umps are calling too many actual strikes as balls) or vice versa?

I think far more balls are being called strikes.

Small, fast players are a thing of the past.

It's hard to tell how it would play out.

The issue really is that the meaning of balls and strikes has been lost. The reason the count exists is so pitchers don't throw pitches that are utterly unhittable. I'm not talking about a nasty slider or fastball, I'm talking a ball launched over a batter's head. Balls and strikes are there to keep the fight a fair one for batters.

Now it's becoming such a mundane but overwhelmingly important battleground where an easily hittable pitch delivered 1cm to the outside of what is really an arbitrary and imaginary box is declared unhittable and the pitcher in penalized for it. It won't be hard to get batters to start swinging again if you change the terms of the pitches they are expected to swing at.

A good eye is a skill. I am not saying those who can discern what is a ball or strike are untalented, but it's so boring to watch and so slow...it just doesn't belong in the game.

Contrearas wildly celebrated a walk the other day

Pitchers are really good. Hitting is really hard.

It’s a better strategy than swinging at a pitch they can’t hit.

Part of this is bullpens that have guys firing 97 coming in to pitch in the 5th and 6th inning.

As time goes on, the 4 complete games by the Sox in the '05 ALCS is becoming more and more of a historic feat. In twenty years, its going to seem impossible that something like that ever happened.

A possible way to rebalance expanding the zone is to give teams 3 pitching changes per 9 inning game (with a new pitching change in extra's and every 3 innings after) and making 3 BB's an automatic ejection. Similar to the foul limit.

I used to be a "the game is fine the way it is!" person but shit's gotten way out of hand.

A possible way to rebalance expanding the zone is to give teams 3 pitching changes per 9 inning game (with a new pitching change in extra's and every 3 innings after) and making 3 BB's an automatic ejection. Similar to the foul limit.

You know what I mean with the Cub Way and other teams stressing do not swing at first pitch etc. Get the starters out of the game etc.