# Let's fix baseball **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [June 17, 2014, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-fix-baseball/690991 "2014-06-17T15:24:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2014, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-fix-baseball/690991/181 "2014-06-24T22:00:55Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Seeing as he’s not dead, more like screaming and clawing at the lid. I know he’s not dead, hence the “would.” Then again, he _is_ working with the Rangers. Given their injury woes this season, he may not be better off in Arlington. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2014, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-fix-baseball/690991/182 "2014-06-25T03:20:57Z")
Hey, I have a small change. Could teams maybe stop celebrating EVERY regular season walk-off win like they just won the goddamn World Series? ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2014, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-fix-baseball/690991/183 "2014-06-25T03:24:48Z")
Totally agree. You’re supposed to act like you’ve done it before, fellas. ---
**Author:** ![Fleetwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fleetwood/32/271_2.png) [@Fleetwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fleetwood)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2014, 10:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-fix-baseball/690991/184 "2014-06-25T10:59:53Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > Y’know, **silenus** , you’re making miss [Eric Gregg’s](https://www.google.com/search?q=eric+gregg&espv=2&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=nASpU-T5DMWJogSRnoDACA&ved=0CAgQ_AUoAw&biw=1600&bih=799#imgdii=_) strike zone. This just links to hundreds of images, some of Gregg. Where is the definition of his strike zone? ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2014, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-fix-baseball/690991/185 "2014-06-25T18:52:03Z")
> [@Fleetwood](#): > > Where is the definition of his strike zone? That right there is a question for the ages. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2014, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-fix-baseball/690991/186 "2014-06-25T19:04:00Z")
> [@Fleetwood](#): > > This just links to hundreds of images, some of Gregg. Where is the definition of his strike zone? From what I read about Gregg, it wouldn’t have been a surprise if he called a strike on a pickoff throw to first. ---
**Author:** ![Kiros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/439d5e/32.png) [@Kiros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kiros)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2014, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-fix-baseball/690991/187 "2014-06-25T20:32:32Z")
Gregg retired well before Pitch F/X came along, but if you want a general idea, check out [this post](http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/lets-consider-eric-gregg-and-livan-hernandez-in-the-1997-nlcs/) for a number of .gifs of baseballs a foot-plus off the plate being called strikes. We know these days that the zone for left-handed batters is shifted off the plate vs. for right-handed batters (and vs. the rulebook zone), but Gregg exceeded even that by a decent bit. ---
**Author:** ![leftfield6](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leftfield6/32/18780_2.png) [@leftfield6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leftfield6)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2014, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-fix-baseball/690991/188 "2014-06-26T13:49:29Z")
> [@Kiros](#): > > Gregg retired well before Pitch F/X came along, but if you want a general idea, check out [this post](http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/lets-consider-eric-gregg-and-livan-hernandez-in-the-1997-nlcs/) for a number of .gifs of baseballs a foot-plus off the plate being called strikes. We know these days that the zone for left-handed batters is shifted off the plate vs. for right-handed batters (and vs. the rulebook zone), but Gregg exceeded even that by a decent bit. Retired as in he was one of the umpires who Bud Segal refused to rehire after the Umpires strike. Turned to be kind of a sad case, although he was a horrible balls and strikes umpire. During one game when he was behind the plate and a left handed hitter up, supposedly an exchange too place like this (Pitch clearly outside, called a strike) Hitter: Strike? That was in the right hand batters box Gregg: yes it was Hitter: so is that now the strike zone? Gregg: it must be, because that was a strike. No idea if this really took place, but I kinda hope it did. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-fix-baseball/690991.md?page=9)