My List of the dumbest things in sports

[Couchpotato]

- All the players from the bullpen taking 5 minutes to run all the way across the field when there's a minor argument at the plate just to stand around.

To add on, in many parks the 2 bull pens run through the outfield within 10 feet of each other then break off to get behind their respective teams.

- Maintaining human beings for calling strikes in baseball. Switch to laser box grid.

Doing so would essentially eliminate stealing bases.

Everything else Im on board with you.

 

[Couchpotato]

Wow, suddenly your temper tantrum seems pretty dumb.

It's a laser cube above the plate.. if the ball touches it, it's a strike.

Meanwhile, why are you demanding 99.9999% from a laser grid when MLB umps currently constantly perform at low to mid 90's, and sometimes worse. Why the different standard?

You would have to adjust it from that there are pitches that batters could never hit if all the ball as to do is hit a corner of the plate in the zone to be a strike. If I can drop a slider through the front outside corner of the plate and bounce it off the back of the plate that is technically a strike but it's never called and no hitter would ever be able to hit it. Same with a curveball that drops into the zone inside on the back of the plate.