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To: Greenie who wrote (1836)	4/27/1999 10:22:00 PM
From: Greenie	Respond to of 2393

Check this article out. Any of you all following what is happening with the umpires and the strike zone. Seems to me we could become to baseball what the instant reply is to football. Wouldn't that be nice. Clubs asked to file reports Umpires upset over baseball's directive to chart pitches Apr 27, 1999 4:05 p.m. ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Major league umpires are angry over baseball's new directive asking teams to chart pitches and file a report about strike zones. "It's nonsensical when you look at it," Richie Phillips, head of the umpires' union, told the New York Post. "It's juvenile. It's just another case of Big Brother watching over us." The umpires perceive the directive as an attempt to undermine their authority, the newspaper said Tuesday. "I don't think the commissioner's office has the right to unilaterally impose an evaluation system on umpires," Pat Campbell, associate counsel for the major league umpires told The Associated Press. "They have to negotiate with us first. "They're using club personnel to do this. That seems very ineffective to me." Sandy Alderson, executive vice president of the Office of the Commissioner, sent a letter to all teams earlier this month, asking that a high-ranking front-office official chart pitches, then file a report at the end of each homestand. Alderson's memo said the directive's "purpose is to stay on top of trends and provide as much feedback as possible to the league presidents and umpire supervisors." In a Feb. 19 memo, Alderson told the umpires to raise the top of the strike zone to two inches above the top of the uniform pants — still below the definition called for in the official playing rules: the midpoint between the top of the shoulders and the top of the uniform pants.

To: Greenie who wrote (1836)	4/27/1999 10:52:00 PM
From: John Flaherty	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 2393

ALL..... Just checking the baseball scores and I found this article about what MLB is going to start doing to chart pitches and track Umpires calls, Umpires are upset over baseball's directive to chart pitches. I love this line, They're using club personnel to do this. That seems very ineffective to me." CAN ANY ONE THINK OF A BETTER WAY TO CHART THESE PITCHES, QUESTEC may have gotten a big break if MLB goes forward with this idea and QUESTEC can show that their system takes the human element out of the equation and gives them something that's very easy to review and show to the different groups involved. And for once maybe these umps will realize that it's baseball's strike zone and not their's on an ump by ump basis. I'm so sick of hearing well that's his strike zone or that's the way he calls the game. I'm a firm believer in what Joe Morgan says, that it's baseball's strike zone and not each individual umpires. They call it "Big Brother", I say it's a form of accountability that not only is long over due but will be able to quantify,IF THEY USE THE QUESTEC SYSTEM, who is doing a good job and who IS NOT, SIMPLE AS THAT. SportsLine wire reports They're out-raged! Umps mad over MLB's plan to chart pitches. NEW YORK -- Major league umpires are angry over baseball's new directive asking teams to chart pitches and file a report about strike zones. "It's nonsensical when you look at it," Richie Phillips, head of the umpires' union, told the New York Post. "It's juvenile. It's just another case of Big Brother watching over us." The umpires perceive the directive as an attempt to undermine their authority, the newspaper said Tuesday. "I don't think the commissioner's office has the right to unilaterally impose an evaluation system on umpires," Pat Campbell, associate counsel for the major league umpires told The Associated Press. "They have to negotiate with us first. "They're using club personnel to do this. That seems very ineffective to me." SANDY ALDERSON, EXECUTIVE VICE president of the Office of the Commissioner, sent a letter to all teams earlier this month, asking that a high-ranking front-office official chart pitches, then file a report at the end of each homestand. Alderson's memo said the directive's "purpose is to stay on top of trends and provide as much feedback as possible to the league presidents and umpire supervisors." In a Feb. 19 memo, Alderson told the umpires to raise the top of the strike zone to 2 inches above the top of the uniform pants -- still below the definition called for in the official playing rules: the midpoint between the top of the shoulders and the top of the uniform pants. Good luck longs, John F.