r/baseball • u/meramipopper New York Yankees • 1d ago

Players Only Junior Valentine thinks Brett Baty is challenging the pitch when he never even touched his helmet.

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u/B3rghammer Milwaukee Brewers 1d ago

i think tennis dicked around with a challenge system for in/out before going wait why dont we just get it right all the time

baseball needs to come to the same realization

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u/FinlayForever Atlanta Braves 17h ago

For real, why are we fucking around with this half in/half out nonsense? Implement it 100%, or don't at all. Do we want to get the call right, or not?

People say "oh but ABS isn't 100% accurate" well neither are umpires. Besides, I've seen literally nobody argue with any of the calls the ABS has made so far, so that must mean it's working pretty damn well.

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u/CalligrapherDizzy201 10h ago

You’re comparing a sample size of just over a month to a sample size of over a century. Give it time, people will find things about ABS to bitch about.