Showing posts with label Dale Scott. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Dale Scott. Show all posts

Wednesday, October 1, 2008

The Difference Between a Ball and a Strike

Look at these two pictures. Can you tell the difference between pitch #1 in the left picture and pitch #1 in the right picture?











Exactly, none. Well that's what I thought too. But that's not what home plate umpire Dale Scott thought. According to him, one was a strike and one was a ball. That one difference ended up being THE difference. It seemed like at least 5 pitches that Dempster threw in that tragic 5th inning looked like the pitch above on gamecast, and yet they were called balls. Somehow, in the top halves of innings, those pitches were called strikes. Weird. (And by weird I mean bullshit). That is the kind of thing that will drive big Z insane tomorrow. Let's hope whoever is calling the game behind the plate doesn't mess with Z like that. Come on Cubbies, we are still the better team. Stay focused.
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