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Tuesday, June 01, 2010
Standards for PITCHf/x viewpoint: catcher or pitcher?
HITf/x will undoubtedly be from the hitter’s perspective. For that reason alone, I’d like to see PITCHf/x charts from the analysts from the hitter’s viewpoint. Not to mention that we sometimes see the charts as it relates to catchers and umpires, and those charts are from their vantage point as well.
Given that the choice for the PITCHf/x charts is rather arbitrary, am I alone in thinking that I’d prefer that they match the eventual HITf/x, and that the vantage point of the hitter, catcher, and umpire is preferred to the pitcher? Even for stuff like FIELDf/x, we’re not going to see the data from the fielders’ perspective, right?
So, make standing at home plate be the vantage point for all these charts.
(Someone is obviously thinking:who am I to impose my will on anyone. Duly noted.)