00:00I tell you, I like the ABS. I think it's moved the game along. It stops all the dead time.
00:05I think it's great for the fans, too. Do you agree, though, Brian, one of the things that maybe they
00:10didn't take into account is that maybe the umpires weren't ready for it yet.
00:15Because, remember, letters to the knee. And all of a sudden now you've got more of a confined strike zone
00:21with this and more of a defined strike zone. And maybe what those guys were schooled on over the years,
00:27those guys are also getting adapted to this thing right now. And maybe it's taking a little bit more time
00:32for those guys because, you know, that's kind of how they were schooled back in the day.
00:37Yeah, the strike zone is a little tighter. Also, Dan, like the success rate for challenges is just about the
00:45same as it was in the minors. I think it's about 53.5% now in the majors. It was
00:4950-52 in the minors. So think about it. Like when it was first instituted, I thought, wow, if a
00:56batter or a catcher challenges, they're going to be right a lot because they're only challenging the ones they think
01:04are, that's a blown call, right?
01:06I would have guessed, I think at the start, I don't know, 75% overturn rate. Like, because if you're,
01:11if you're asking, if you're challenging, you only get two and again, if you're challenging, you're probably going to be
01:16right. That's why you're challenging. No, half of the time they're wrong. So like, I think we're fine. I think,
01:22yeah, everybody's adjusting already. A couple of players, like Aaron Judge is pretty good at it, but he doesn't do
01:27it a ton, but he does it at the right times. Kyle Schwarber is very good at it. C.J.
01:31Abrams of the Nationals, I think is perfect so far.
01:33And yet a guy like Bryce Harper hasn't been good at it. So the guy, you never know who's really
01:38tuned into, you know, what's a good call and what's a bad call. And guys will learn. I think we'll
01:43see different players go up and down the leaderboard.
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