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Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-04-19

CWS @ ATH

Home plate: Bill Miller

“Hawkeye did more talking than the umpire tonight.”

A+
Umpire Grade
97.7% accurate
0.2
Run Favor
runs, ATH
6
ABS Overturns
of 9 reviewed

What this shows — how Bill Miller called the 170 pitches that were taken (no swing), graded against the tracked rulebook strike zone. He got 166 right. Below, only his misses are plotted, alongside every pitch the ABS (Automated Ball-Strike System) reviewed on a challenge.

The zone, as he called it

Challenge 1: Shea Langeliers — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled ball (upheld — ump confirmed).1Challenge 2: Edgar Quero — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).2Challenge 3: Edgar Quero — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).3Challenge 4: Miguel Vargas — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).4Challenge 5: Edgar Quero — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).5Challenge 6: Edgar Quero — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled ball (upheld — ump confirmed).6Challenge 7: Darell Hernaiz — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).7Challenge 8: Zack Gelof — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).8Challenge 9: Shea Langeliers — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled ball (upheld — ump confirmed).9
strike called ballball called strikeABS overturnedABS upheld

The calls that moved the game

  1. 1+0.10▼5 · 0-1 strike called ball
    Denzel Clarke vs Noah Schultz
  2. 2+0.09▼1 · 0-0 strike called ball
    Shea Langeliers vs Noah Schultz
  3. 3+0.09▲2 · 0-0 strike called ball
    Chase Meidroth vs Jeffrey Springs

Run impact from the count run-value table: a missed strike three is worth far more than one on 3-0.

ABS — the Automated Ball-Strike System

9 pitches went to the robots · 6 overturned (ump overruled) · 3 upheld (ump confirmed). This is Hawkeye ground truth, no model involved.

  1. 1Shea Langeliers — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.
  2. 2Edgar Quero — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  3. 3Edgar Quero — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  4. 4Miguel Vargas — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  5. 5Edgar Quero — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  6. 6Edgar Quero — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.
  7. 7Darell Hernaiz — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  8. 8Zack Gelof — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  9. 9Shea Langeliers — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.

Our tracked-rulebook zone matched the ABS ruling on 3 of 9 — a zone-definition gap (ABS grades a standardized, height-based zone), not our error.