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Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-06-18

LAA @ ATH

Home plate: Shane Livensparger

“The catcher barely had to sell a thing.”

A+
Umpire Grade
98.7% accurate
0.3
Run Favor
runs, LAA
1
ABS Overturns
of 4 reviewed

What this shows — how Shane Livensparger called the 154 pitches that were taken (no swing), graded against the tracked rulebook strike zone. He got 152 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: Nick Madrigal — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).1Challenge 2: Logan O'Hoppe — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).2Challenge 3: Shea Langeliers — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled ball (upheld — ump confirmed).3Challenge 4: Nick Madrigal — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).4
strike called ballball called strikeABS overturnedABS upheld

The calls that moved the game

  1. 1+0.39▲8 · 2-2 strike called ball
    Wade Meckler vs Mason Barnett
  2. 2+0.09▼1 · 0-0 strike called ball
    Jonah Heim vs Ryan Johnson

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

4 pitches went to the robots · 1 overturned (ump overruled) · 3 upheld (ump confirmed). This is Hawkeye ground truth, no model involved.

  1. 1Nick Madrigal — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
  2. 2Logan O'Hoppe — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  3. 3Shea Langeliers — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.
  4. 4Nick Madrigal — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.

Our tracked-rulebook zone matched the ABS ruling on 3 of 4 — a zone-definition gap (ABS grades a standardized, height-based zone), not our error.