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Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-07-07

BOS @ CWS

Home plate: Charlie Ramos

“A few too many trips to the challenge cart.”

D
Umpire Grade
88.4% accurate
0.7
Run Favor
runs, CWS
6
ABS Overturns
of 8 reviewed

What this shows — how Charlie Ramos called the 164 pitches that were taken (no swing), graded against the tracked rulebook strike zone. He got 145 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: Willson Contreras — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).1Challenge 2: Kyle Teel — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).2Challenge 3: Connor Wong — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).3Challenge 4: Kyle Teel — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).4Challenge 5: Kyle Teel — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).5Challenge 6: Connor Wong — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled ball (upheld — ump confirmed).6Challenge 7: Kyle Teel — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled ball (upheld — ump confirmed).7Challenge 8: Caleb Durbin — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).8
strike called ballball called strikeABS overturnedABS upheld

The calls that moved the game

  1. 1+0.39▼1 · 2-2 strike called ball
    Randal Grichuk vs Payton Tolle
  2. 2+0.28▼3 · 1-2 strike called ball· challenged ✓
    Tristan Peters vs Payton Tolle
  3. 3+0.20▼1 · 2-1 strike called ball
    Miguel Vargas vs Payton Tolle

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

8 pitches went to the robots · 6 overturned (ump overruled) · 2 upheld (ump confirmed). This is the ABS system’s own measurement — Hawk-Eye optical ball-tracking, not our model.

  1. 1Willson Contreras — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  2. 2Kyle Teel — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  3. 3Connor Wong — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  4. 4Kyle Teel — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  5. 5Kyle Teel — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  6. 6Connor Wong — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.
  7. 7Kyle Teel — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.
  8. 8Caleb Durbin — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.

Our tracked-rulebook zone matched the ABS ruling on 8 of 8 — a zone-definition gap (ABS grades a standardized, height-based zone), not our error.

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