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Originally Posted by Mathgod
I... don't really see what you're trying to get at here.
A smaller strike zone where it's a strike if any part of the ball touches the zone is literally the same thing as a larger strike zone where the entire ball must be in the zone for it to be a strike. (Besides, we're in the same conundrum as before if a pitch is almost entirely in the zone but a millimetre of the ball is outside the zone.)
So really you're just having a debate on how large the strike zone should be, not whether humans do a better job of calling balls & strikes than technology.
Technology can easily account for the differences between batters.
I don't think sports are being ruined by instant replay. If anything, sports are being ruined by people who think there's a conspiracy against their team any time a ref blows a call. While we can't stop people from being overly conspiratorial, we can reduce human error in calls by implementing technology and reaping the benefits of increased accuracy.
If you can get accuracy of all calls to at or near 100%, I see no reason not to do it.
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I think VAR in Soccer has taken a lot of the fun and passion out of scoring a goal due to the instant VAR check for a player 1mm offside.
Instant replay is great to correct crazy bad calls, not if a pitch is 1mm a strike or not or is a player is offside by 1mm or not.