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Old 06-08-2010, 08:30 AM   #23
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Well for the batter the strike zone is a defined space between the height of the batter and the width of the plate. You've seen those images where they superimpose the box over the plate and show where the pitcher has thrown every ball against a batter. A computer could just as easy use that exact method to determine if it was a ball or strike and call it accordingly. As for plays at the bases like the one in question you need the human element there to make the call.

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