Whatever Happened to QuesTec?

• coryd1866

  +2

  Let me preface this by saying that I am an NCAA baseball umpire. I think the QuesTec experiment in the end was a good educational tool for the Major League Umpires and proved that they were doing their job correctly. I remember seeing some stat a few years back were analysts went back through every MLB game and found that MLB umpires had an accuarcy rate of 98%, pretty amazing to be that precise with judgment calls at full speed. Anyways ESPN now has their K-Zone which calls out umpire mistakes on a nightly basis, which I think is much worse then QuesTec ever was.

  Posted 7/5/2007 [reply] [flag]

  • Doberman On The Diamond

    +1

    You make a good point. But nobody has said a word (publicly, anyway) about K-Zone. As a viewer, I really like it. If I was an umpire, I'm not so sure I would.  

    Posted 7/5/2007 [reply] [flag]

    • chone

      +1

      The K-Zone, I'm not too sure about. It looks to me like the producers manipulate the icons to make some obvious balls look like strikes and vice versa. Anyone else notice that?

      Posted 7/5/2007 [reply] [flag]

      • Doberman On The Diamond

        +1

        I haven't noticed that, but I do wonder how they decide at what point to put up the icon telling us where the ball crosses the plate.

        Posted 7/5/2007 [reply] [flag]

Leave a Comment

Links (9)

Rounding the Bases: The Day After Yesterday
Published 7/5/2007 by Adam Godson at Bugs & Cranks
... QuesTec — just one more thing we were pissed about for 5 minutes before we forgot about it.  [Doberman on the Diamond]  ...

Good Stuff ...
Published 7/5/2007 by DCScrap at Our Book of Scrap: Sports News
... Whatever Happened to QuesTec? (DOTD) ...

Blurbs and Links: Part Esnaest
Published 7/6/2007 by dswinder at Untitled[.]
... Where'd you go QuesTec?...(DOTD) ...

The Constitutional Vol. 9
Published 7/6/2007 by Chimpanzee Rage at Deuce of Davenport | Sports News, Commentary, Humor, Videos
... Where did Questec go? Oh...its still here. Doberman on the Diamond ...

Cheap Shots #40: Our Gift Is In The Mail.
Published 7/6/2007 by Signal to Noise at Signal to Noise
... You know, I forgot about all that bitching regarding QuestTec. [Doberman on the Diamond] ...

Just a few more hours
Published 7/6/2007 by 100% Injury Rate at 100% Injury Rate
... What in God's name happened to QuesTec? We used to be the best of friends. [Doberman on the Diamond] ...

Getting Drunk On Athletes, Remembering Larry Doby And Kei Igawa's Losing It
Published 7/6/2007 by The Feed at The Feed
... Whither QuesTec? (Doberman On The Diamond) ...

Drive By Linking
Published 7/6/2007 by theoriginaljd at Six Pack Sports Report
... Remember QuesTec? I had completely forgotten about it until Kyle over at DOTD brought it up. (Doberman On The Diamond) ...

Blog Roundup for 7-6-07
Published 7/6/2007 by tips@sportable.com at Sportable, Where Sports are a Lifestyle
... Whatever Happened to Questec [Doberman On The Diamond]: I hadn’t heard about this thing since Curt Schilling took a bat to it while with the Diamondbacks. It turns out that umpires are now in favor of the system, calling it a “tool to make ourselves better.” ...