00:00we knew coming into the season things were going to change just a little bit the abs system was
00:04coming into play which means batters could stand there like that's a ridiculous pitch and i don't
00:08care if it's three inches off the corner on a 3-0 count you get the call strike not anymore
00:14people
00:14and you know what's happening nlb's walk rate this season has reached levels hardly seen
00:19in the past seven decades joe due to smaller strike zones brought about by the game's new
00:24ball strike challenge system and i love this here for the people that don't understand what's going
00:30on more batters on base no ridiculous hey my strike zone's different than yours i give the corner of
00:36the plate this other umpire doesn't he likes the high strike i like the low strike nonsense there's
00:40a strike zone own up to it batters understand what the strike zone is catchers understand what the
00:45strike zone is but it's always up hey you gotta bend the rules for which umpire that you have
00:49love the abs system glad walk rates are up it's a fair game and understand this joe we as handicappers
00:56every once in a while like okay it's fun to get the benefit of a nice call when the call
00:59goes against
01:00you you get pissed now the call doesn't go against you and if it does you can live with it
01:04joe why
01:05because it was the right call you know there was a time donnie that in baseball you didn't have to
01:13be the guy that threw 100 miles an hour you just needed to be the guy that was smarter than
01:18the hitter
01:19up at the plates uh to get him to swing at your pitches and not the pitches they wanted guys
01:25like
01:25greg maddox come to mind we have gone over the last decade or half uh donnie where it's the hardest
01:31you the harder you throw the faster you get to major league baseball right doesn't make a difference
01:36with striking just for 100 miles an hour well now all of a sudden that might not work out as
01:43well will
01:43it maybe it doesn't matter if you throw 100 if you have no idea where it's going now you've got
01:48to
01:48actually throw strikes wonder if there's going to be a change in what we see in pitching moving
01:53forward as well
01:54forward as well
01:54forward as well
01:54forward as well
01:54You
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