South Side Hit Men Posted August 14, 2021 Share Posted August 14, 2021 Can't wait until balls and strikes, perhaps other aspects, are finally automated. With the White Sox' racial composition, this explains the consistent underperformance of White Sox calls on umpire scorecards. Article: https://sports.yahoo.com/mlb-umpires-show-discrimination-against-non-white-players-according-to-new-study-191649525.html Link to study: https://scholarship.claremont.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3707&context=cmc_theses Quote In summary, this analysis presents evidence that from 2008-2020, race has played a significant role in how umpires call balls and strikes. In the full sample of all years and all umpire races, more favorable calls are made for players whose races match the umpires’, all else equal. It is also clear that this discrimination does not diminish over time. While overall pitch-calling quality has improved in the last thirteen seasons, the predictive effects of batters’ and pitchers’ races have not substantially declined. Significantly, this study also suggests that White umpires account for a disproportionate amount of said discrimination. When restricting the sample to only White umpires, the average marginal effects of UPM and UBM are larger than in the base specifications in almost all cases, with the exception of UPM and under-recognition. Further, for over-recognition, while the overall trend of discrimination does indeed look to be slightly decreasing over time, the trend for White umpires looks to be slightly increasing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted August 14, 2021 Share Posted August 14, 2021 Yoan Moncada from 2017-2018 says hello... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitekrazy Posted August 15, 2021 Share Posted August 15, 2021 It seems there's never a shortage of dumbass ideas for baseball and never a shortage of "studies' to prove anything. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ron883 Posted August 15, 2021 Share Posted August 15, 2021 5 minutes ago, kitekrazy said: It seems there's never a shortage of dumbass ideas for baseball and never a shortage of "studies' to prove anything. This is racist Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
South Side Hit Men Posted August 15, 2021 Author Share Posted August 15, 2021 15 minutes ago, kitekrazy said: It seems there's never a shortage of dumbass ideas for baseball and never a shortage of "studies' to prove anything. 12 minutes ago, ron883 said: This is racist No, but it's an ignorant statement. What exactly constitutes a "dumbass idea"? Improving pitch call accuracy by implementing an automated strike zone? Eliminating discriminatory calls against players of color? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ron883 Posted August 15, 2021 Share Posted August 15, 2021 (edited) 5 minutes ago, South Side Hit Men said: No, but it's an ignorant statement. What exactly constitutes a "dumbass idea"? Improving pitch call accuracy by implementing an automated strike zone? Eliminating discriminatory calls against players of color? This is racist too. Automated strike zones are racist against Angel Hernandez. By the transitive property, supporters of it are racist. Edited August 15, 2021 by ron883 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted August 15, 2021 Share Posted August 15, 2021 6 hours ago, ron883 said: This is racist too. Automated strike zones are racist against Angel Hernandez. By the transitive property, supporters of it are racist. Trying too hard for a like with that one… 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CentralChamps21 Posted August 15, 2021 Share Posted August 15, 2021 0.3 percent amounts to 1 in 300 calls. In 300 called pitches, minority batters get screwed one more time than white batters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShoeLessRob Posted August 15, 2021 Share Posted August 15, 2021 ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitekrazy Posted August 17, 2021 Share Posted August 17, 2021 On 8/14/2021 at 10:44 PM, South Side Hit Men said: No, but it's an ignorant statement. What exactly constitutes a "dumbass idea"? Improving pitch call accuracy by implementing an automated strike zone? Eliminating discriminatory calls against players of color? Yes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitekrazy Posted August 17, 2021 Share Posted August 17, 2021 On 8/14/2021 at 10:44 PM, South Side Hit Men said: No, but it's an ignorant statement. What exactly constitutes a "dumbass idea"? Improving pitch call accuracy by implementing an automated strike zone? Eliminating discriminatory calls against players of color? LOL! You started this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldsox Posted August 18, 2021 Share Posted August 18, 2021 On 8/15/2021 at 1:44 AM, South Side Hit Men said: No, but it's an ignorant statement. What exactly constitutes a "dumbass idea"? Improving pitch call accuracy by implementing an automated strike zone? Eliminating discriminatory calls against players of color? This has never been the case, even back in the 1940's. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyyle23 Posted August 18, 2021 Share Posted August 18, 2021 On 8/15/2021 at 7:12 AM, caulfield12 said: Trying too hard for a like with that one… ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
South Side Hit Men Posted August 18, 2021 Author Share Posted August 18, 2021 8 hours ago, oldsox said: This has never been the case, even back in the 1940's. The results in the study indicate it is the case. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Grinder Posted August 20, 2021 Share Posted August 20, 2021 Good God not this again..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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