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Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-07-17

WSH @ ATH

Home plate: John Libka

“The corners were friendlier in one direction tonight.”

A
Umpire Grade
95.0% accurate
1.2
Run Favor
runs, ATH
3
ABS Overturns
of 6 reviewed

What this shows — how John Libka called the 181 pitches that were taken (no swing), graded against the tracked rulebook strike zone. He got 172 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: Harry Ford — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled ball (upheld — ump confirmed).1Challenge 2: Shea Langeliers — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).2Challenge 3: Henry Bolte — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).3Challenge 4: Shea Langeliers — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).4Challenge 5: Jacob Wilson — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).5Challenge 6: Harry Ford — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).6
strike called ballball called strikeABS overturnedABS upheld

The calls that moved the game

  1. 1+0.69▼7 · 3-2 strike called ball
    Donovan Walton vs Riley Cornelio
  2. 2+0.39▲6 · 2-2 strike called ball
    Jacob Young vs Justin Sterner
  3. 3+0.28▼7 · 1-2 strike called ball
    Lawrence Butler vs Riley Cornelio

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

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

  1. 1Harry Ford — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.
  2. 2Shea Langeliers — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  3. 3Henry Bolte — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
  4. 4Shea Langeliers — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  5. 5Jacob Wilson — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
  6. 6Harry Ford — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.

Our tracked-rulebook zone matched the ABS ruling on 3 of 6 — a zone-definition gap (ABS grades a standardized, height-based zone), not our error.