tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31467474.post8639861026747084154..comments2024-03-28T00:27:29.013-07:00Comments on Sully Baseball: But where was the HUMAN ELEMENT to Brian McCann's homer?Sullyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10272557466790129869noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31467474.post-28863125391405436072010-09-21T11:15:02.084-07:002010-09-21T11:15:02.084-07:00I just like the fact that we are not perfect. Yes...I just like the fact that we are not perfect. Yes, a bad call was made. Perhaps a bad call was made on the previous pitch, as well and this batter would have struck out. Who knows. If there were no cameras constantly repeating the play, this would just have faded away into urban legend. I like real grass and real rain and, yes, real mistakes... Keep in mind... unless the ump has it in for one team, he will make mistakes on both sides of the fence... <br /><br />I don't want to play a video game when I go to the ball park... I am trying to get away from all of the high tech stuff when I watch these guys and dream a bit of the path that I should have taken when I was 15 years old !!! (And that is coming from an IT person !)<br /><br />I guess this is just a personal preference.<br /><br />I enjoy your blog, regardless and will continue to pop in. Thanks very much.<br /><br />Regards,<br />Kevin.<br />Toronto, ON Canadadragonfly888https://www.blogger.com/profile/01507591456271416543noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31467474.post-26485109316968080952010-09-20T22:19:00.915-07:002010-09-20T22:19:00.915-07:00I am curious though...
He hit a homer
They didn...I am curious though...<br />He hit a homer<br />They didn't call it a homer at first<br />Then we all saw it was a homer<br /><br />Without instant replay he wouldn't have been credited with a homer.<br /><br />Why is getting the call right bad again?Sullyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10272557466790129869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31467474.post-75456627272615877742010-09-20T22:14:48.804-07:002010-09-20T22:14:48.804-07:00Fair enough.
Personally I love the game now and ...Fair enough. <br /><br />Personally I love the game now and I love that they are finding talent in places where big league players didn't come from before<br /><br />There was some Latin presence in baseball in the 1960s but not what it is today<br /><br />South America has a greater representation in baseball and so does Asia.<br /><br />it is different but no smaller a talent pool.<br /><br />But I can't argue about your own passion for the game.<br /><br />Thanks for reading the blogSullyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10272557466790129869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31467474.post-46816296330003950092010-09-20T20:06:01.766-07:002010-09-20T20:06:01.766-07:00I can see that you can't see my point, so I wi...I can see that you can't see my point, so I will not belabour it...<br /><br />"the caliber of play in baseball, in my opinion is probably at the lowest it has ever been"<br /><br />How so? <br /><br />---<br /><br />I love baseball and have since the 60's, but it doesn't grab me anymore. Granted there may be other forces at play, but I loved having MANY high caliber players on each team. It's just mathematics... X number of GREAT players / Y number of TEAMS = Z number of GREAT players per team. Z was a much higher number in days past. Last time I looked, baseball was a team sport and it was spectacular to watch when the players, on the average team, were "better". The "Cream of the Crop" so to speak. The "Cream" has been too watered down. More like "milk"... if you get my drift...<br /><br />JMHO... thanks...dragonfly888https://www.blogger.com/profile/01507591456271416543noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31467474.post-71873437737395857072010-08-30T14:35:20.608-07:002010-08-30T14:35:20.608-07:00I never understood the bizarre "when all the ...I never understood the bizarre "when all the players are robots" line.<br /><br />I am not talking about replacing the players. I am not talking about replacing the umpires. I am talking about using technology that we have to get the call RIGHT.<br /><br />So basically dragonfly888 thinks the walk off homer should have stayed a double... even though it was a homer and we could all see it was.<br /><br />That's fine... I just don't understand why you WANT calls to be wrong.<br /><br />If a HUMAN BEING hits a home run, that person should be credited with a homer. I'm sorry that's such an outrageous point of view.<br /><br />"the caliber of play in baseball, in my opinion is probably at the lowest it has ever been"<br /><br />How so?Sullyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10272557466790129869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31467474.post-51935919220127182072010-08-30T12:09:59.824-07:002010-08-30T12:09:59.824-07:00Sorry... still not a fan of Instant Replay. Perha...Sorry... still not a fan of Instant Replay. Perhaps when all of the players are robots, it will make sense. But, no, baseball is played by human beings who are, lordy, lordy... imperfect. Baseball, somehow, endured many a year without it and did fine. Is it a coincidence that all of the technologies come into baseball, including the greed of television, and the caliber of play in baseball, in my opinion is probably at the lowest it has ever been. As in all sports, baseball is governed by money and it is the fans that suffer. And now you want the seeming perfection of Instant Replay? How about perfecting the game itself by reducing the number of teams, thus reducing the number of players, thus introducing the fans to quality ball players again ?!?!?dragonfly888https://www.blogger.com/profile/01507591456271416543noreply@blogger.com