Life & fun · September 5, 2014
Twitter bot that tweets bad ball and strike calls in MLB baseball games
@MajorLeagueUmp or @[TeamNickname]Ump You're watching a baseball game. The pitcher throws a pitch right down the middle of the plate, but the umpire calls it a ball. Was it really a bad call or did you just have a bad angle. @MajorLeagueUmp or @[TeamNickname]Ump tweets bad ball and strike calls in realtime and includes: - A picture of the pitch location - Percentage of the time a pitch in that location is called a strike - How far the pitch was from the edge of the *real life* strike zone On TV, FoxTrax will show you where the pitch went relative to the rulebook strike zone, but it won't…
Twitter bot that tweets bad ball and strike calls in MLB baseball games launched on September 5, 2014 with 11 votes and more than 75% of that year's launches.
In plain words
This Twitter bot analyzes Major League Baseball games in real-time to identify questionable ball and strike calls made by umpires. For each contested pitch, it posts an image showing the pitch location along with statistical data: the percentage of time similar pitches are called strikes and the distance from the actual strike zone boundary. Unlike television graphics that only compare pitches to the rulebook zone, this tool accounts for how umpires actually call games based on historical data, helping fans determine whether disputed calls were genuinely incorrect.
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In the maker’s words, at launch
@MajorLeagueUmp or @[TeamNickname]Ump You're watching a baseball game. The pitcher throws a pitch right down the middle of the plate, but the umpire calls it a ball. Was it really a bad call or did you just have a bad angle. @MajorLeagueUmp or @[TeamNickname]Ump tweets bad ball and strike calls in realtime and…
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