Re: _Eric Gregg's strike zone_, Anthony Jones wrote to Terry May on 24 Oct 
:
 AJ> I'd like to hear how YOU know that the left-centerfield camera make
 AJ> things seem more outside for lefties (no saracasm intened, a real
 AJ> question)?
Common sense.  If you're looking at the flight of the ball from the side, 
your perception is going to be skewed.  If you're to the right of the flight 
of the ball, it's going to make all pitches look farther to your left than 
they actually are.  (That means more INSIDE for lefties, not more outside.)
Hold something in your hand, representing the ball, and place it a few inches 
directly above something respresenting the plate.  Look at them straight on. 
Now move your head slightly to the right.  Note that the object you're 
holding no longer looks like it's directly above the object representing the 
plate.  It suddenly appears to be to the left of the object representing the 
plate.
Mind you, I'm not suggesting the left-centerfield camera's position and 
distance skews your perception as much as my experiment, but it definitely 
DOES skew your perception of the ball and the plate.  How much we don't know.
 AJ> A good pitcher like Livan Hernadez, would pitch inside if McGriff were
 AJ> to stand in close, (which he DIDN'T) any pitch on the inside corner is
 AJ> tough to hit ( I know I had struck out many a time looking at an
Precisely my point.  That's why you CAN'T adjust to that wide of a strike 
zone, unless the pitcher is brain dead and continues to pitch in the same 
spot when you move up on the plate.
 AJ> inside corner pitch) but I still believe he made the right call.
So you believe the right call is to call a strike well off the plate, even 
though the rules state otherwise?
 AJ> McGriff didn't adjust when he should have, It is still a judgement
 AJ> call by Eric Gregg, it is still a strike, and that umpire was not the
It's a judgement call whether or not a ball passes through the strike zone as 
defined by the rule book.  It's NOT a judgement call WHERE the strike zone 
is, as suggested by Gregg when he stated, "My strike zone as been the same 
for 20 years," the operative word being "my."  It's not HIS strike zone to 
define.
 AJ> reason the Braves' lost the series, the Marlins outplayed them, and
 AJ> the normally cool and calm Braves' made too many mistakes. Sorry
I never blamed Gregg for even losing that game, let alone the series. What I 
blamed him for was taking that one game out of the players' hands, and 
reinventing the strike zone to suit himself.
 AJ> Braves' fans you only have 1 World Series to show for being arguable
 AJ> the best team of the 90s. Maybe you get lucky and get some of the
 AJ> Expos' talent for nothing. (Grissom for example).
The Braves didn't get Grissom for nothing; they traded for him.
 AJ> Viva Expos! I don't who will be in the jerseys next year, so I cheer
 AJ> for the team!
Good for you.  I like true fans.
... Atlanta Braves - Six straight division titles!
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