The Beauty of Human Error, Committed by a Computer Umpire

[Steve_OS]

Kotaku's Owen Good chimes in with another great read. The Beauty of Human Error, Committed by a Computer Umpire.

"It's the bottom of the fourth and that SOB Dallas Hodges is squeezing the zone low and away, again. Strike three went by like a freight train and Hodges just stared at it like a cow. This ump's a disgrace.

This ump also isn't even real. He's one of 10 in MLB 10: The Show, who can, thanks to a menu option, call personal strike zones that can definitely make you believe someone has it in for your pitcher. And when superstar hitters get to the plate, I swear they're both in collusion. I'll get nothing on the corners and then I'm forced to groove a two- or three-ball pitch and Ryan Braun hits it into the 25th century."

[ffyfe7]

Vey nice article, I always play with the variable strike zone and all that jazz and yeah the way he puts it about the difference in opinion between reality and video games is a good topic to cover.

Good Job Kotaku!

[InSainn]

Re: The Beauty of Human Error, Committed by a Computer Umpire

Good article, but the thing that he's missing though is that the variable strike zones and all that are fine and the things that people want replay for are big calls like the on in Gallaraga's perfecto. I don't think anyone's calling for replay on every single play at first or every ball or strike called.

[Phillies2010]

Re: The Beauty of Human Error, Committed by a Computer Umpire

The end of that with Bruan made me laugh lol.

But I know exactly what you mean, nothing like painting the corners and having it called a ball, game has it out for me I swear

[Maynard]

Re: The Beauty of Human Error, Committed by a Computer Umpire

people complain about the check swing appeals. I keep them turned on because of the human element it offers. Some go my way....some dont

[statum71]

The missed calls are frustrating when you're trying to compete. But I wouldn't even consider turning the variable calls off. It just adds so much realism. So I get ticked and just live with it. Maybe the next bad call goes MY way?

[Reaman]

Re: The Beauty of Human Error, Committed by a Computer Umpire

Kotaku's Owen Good chimes in with another great read. The Beauty of Human Error, Committed by a Computer Umpire.

Great article! Thanks for posting this Steve!