David Kagan at The Hardball Times discusses the physics of a robot umpire calling pitches at the plate. He includes a nice discussion of how low the error rate needs to be to improve on human umpires. He also suggests this fix:
Travis Sawchik has suggested that perhaps inside/outside calls could be made by the RoboUmp while high/low calls are made by the human umpire. So, when the game comes down to the winning run on second in the bottom of the ninth and the closer fires a two-strike pitch on the black, we should wait a second or two for the scoreboard to tell us whether the game is over. That can’t happen.
I have also suggested this fix for many years. Let me say that I don’t think Statcast is the way for a robot umpire to work. What I’d like to see is a very good sensor system for calling over the plate. There would be a light in the umpire’s mask that comes on when the pitch is over the plate. That way, the umpire can simply concentrate on the tougher up-down call.
from baseballmusings.com http://ift.tt/2Dv6ymO
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