FiveThirtyEight examines Has Expanded Replay Worked Well In Baseball?. "As of Sept. 7, there had been 1,130 challenges. Of these, 529 (or 47 percent) resulted in a call being overturned. Managers initiated 83 percent of the challenges, umpires 17 percent."
I'm most surprised that 19 Hit by pitch calls have been overturned. How does that work?
2 comments:
If a player swings at a ball he is hit by, it is a strike, not a HBP. Also if the ball hits the bat (including the knob) first before hitting the player, it is a foul, not a HBP.
Also there is the simple idea of the umpire calling it a HBP but the ball didn't actually hit the player...
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