Interesting video regarding dead-center-field TV camera shots and how they can show strike zones...

Interesting video regarding dead-center-field TV camera shots and how they can show strike zones more accurately than the traditional slightly-off-center CF cameras.

over 2 years ago Al Yellon 12 comments 1 recs |

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That camera does show the strike zone better from a left to right standpoint

But I don’t like how it is up and down (meaning high and low). I think it has to be set too high and you can’t always tell how high or low a ball is.

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by nji232 on Oct 12, 2009 11:35 AM CDT reply actions

I agree

That said… I would love to see this angle more often. It seems that we more often have questions about in and out than up and down. Plus, I think replay could use the “check swing” angle camera more often as a replay for high and low.

by fsuapollo on Oct 12, 2009 2:08 PM CDT up reply actions

Well, if there is question of high or low

The dugout cameras usually give a good angle

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by Shanghai Badger on Oct 12, 2009 2:24 PM CDT up reply actions

Wow, interesting stuff.

I think every team should at least have a dead-center-centerfield camera set up for replays. The more accurate the portrayal of a pitch, the better.

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by daver on Oct 12, 2009 12:49 PM CDT reply actions

+1

baseball is a game of outs......pop out, ground out, line out, pitch out, strike out, fly out, and Fox and Bud's favorite black out

by Cubbie-Tim on Oct 12, 2009 1:13 PM CDT up reply actions

It would definitely

limit the “Where was that one?!!” exclamations that then to annoy the other people in my house when I am watching a game on TV, so I would welcome a dead center cam too.

Wrigley would seem to be a prime location for such a camera. It could be placed in one of the scoreboard panels.

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by gwood on Oct 12, 2009 2:11 PM CDT up reply actions

Then again...

the only teams that use it for their local broadcasts were just swept from the playoffs. Not that has anything to do with, but I’m just saying…

by CubFan81 on Oct 12, 2009 10:29 PM CDT up reply actions

An umpiring conspiracy perhaps in retaliation? Quick, call Oliver Stone!

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Obviously Sparky was never a Cubs fan...

by Zeke on Oct 13, 2009 8:38 AM CDT up reply actions

Oliver "Steve" Stone?

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by Al Yellon on Oct 13, 2009 8:40 AM CDT up reply actions

LOL

"Pain don't hurt you none" - Sparky Anderson (1987)

Obviously Sparky was never a Cubs fan...

by Zeke on Oct 13, 2009 8:44 AM CDT up reply actions

That was great.

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by dtpollitt on Oct 12, 2009 5:39 PM CDT reply actions

Eh

I (and I suspect most readers of this site) can fairly accurately call balls and strikes no matter where we’re sitting in the ballpark. The dead-center camera angle vs. offset is no different – the cameras just have better zoom features than someone in the stands.

The dead-center camera seems like a marketing gimmick. If it’s better than the offset angle, it’s not by much, and I don’t see the need for a ball club to spend the extra dollars and incur the extra liability just for this “more accurate” view. Perhaps new ballparks can incorporate this platform into their designs from the beginning, but the benefits of a retrofit are minuscule, IMHO.

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by Clutch16 on Oct 13, 2009 8:41 PM CDT reply actions