MLB '11

[Alex]

What the heck.

I don't watch much baseball on TV, I prefer it on the radio and when I do watch on TV it is the local A's broadcast.

But I thought I would check out the Boston game on ESPN. What the **** is up with the superimposed strike zone? I had to change the channel it was so annoying.

Who the heck would like that thing, it adds no useful information and just distracts. I'm not opposed to digital enhancement, the first down and line of scrimmage lines for football is about the best TV enhancement ever. But that conveys something useful.

But it isn't hard to tell if the ball was near the strike zone. Beyond that all that matters is what the umpire calls. Ugh. It's enough to turn me into George Will.

If anybody does watch regularly, does the strike zone shown adjust to the batter? Does it reflect the fact that the strike zone is a cube and not a square? Does it adjust for the fact that the center field camera is not centered correctly for simply drawing a line around the strike zone?