According to a new study, Major League Baseball’s expanded strike zone and umpires are to blame for plummeting scores. The average runs scored per game is now at 4.07, down from 4.17 last year, and down from 5.14 in 2000. However, the umpires aren’t just calling more strikes.
The rate of correct strike calls has increased 9 percent from 2007 to 2013, and the correct ball rate has increased 26.3 percent. Lower strikes (the ones by the batter’s knees) are being called more often, and those are some of the most difficult.
“As a result, we see pitchers throwing low in the zone more often,” said Brian Mills, the assistant professor at University of Florida who wrote the study. Read more at the Wall Street Journal.
{Andy Heller-Matzav.com Newscenter}
Wow. Extremely important to know this, especially before Yom Kippur. Keep up the great work, Matzav!
Why should I go to SI, i have all my sports news here!
Why
And Sandy Koufax didnt pitch on Yom Kippur………
Why do they even need Umpires anymore? They can have computers giving out the calls. Every pitch that comes in is psychoanalyzed by 20 different camera angles these days, anyway.
not that i care, but isnt matzav for world and jewish news not sports and baseball i could get that news on mlb.com
not needed
I think the scores are lower because they started cheshboning in the mets
i knew that this sports news would get comments lol
The RBSH plays by the same rules, Al shlosha pishei yisroel, val arbaah lo ashivenu. Three strikes and you’re out.
amazing amazing article!
Keeo it up!
Less steroids=less runs
SERIOUSLY SPEAKING:
This Is A Great Article Matzav, I Want More Sports News. I Am Very Serious Not Like All The Comments Above.
Thank You,
Chaimy
this is mamash such a gevaldiga zach gmar chasima tova and a gutgebenshta yur