Turf Cam is a Wasteful, Idotic Feature

[jvett77]

Somehow network producers believe that having a rat's eye or squirrel's eye view of MLB action offers a profound improvement in TV coverage. Don't those bozos realize that all we see is an out of focus image that adds nothing to the action. Get rid of it!

What would be nice is an occasional view of the action from a behind the plate camera so that fans could see, for example, the wide open spaces available to a batter when the shift is in play, and some live action using that view. In fact, decades ago, this was the standard for TV coverage.

 

[jvett77]

Idiotic, of course.

 

[calsnowskier]

My nephew came up with a great idea last night while we were watching the Giants/Cards game...

Equip the Umpires with GoPro cameras.

That way we can see exactly what they see as they are making calls. We can see the strikezone that they see. We can see that the leg was in the way on the call, so they didn't see the tag.

 

[jvett77]

That would be an improvement over turf cam as a useful diversion. They wouldn't want to use it on the home plate ump because it would expose how lame some of the strike zones are.

 

[JohnU]

Camera view right above the hitter-catcher-ump's head would work great for me.
What annoys me is the constant camera on the manager.

 

[steveringo]

My nephew came up with a great idea last night while we were watching the Giants/Cards game...

Equip the Umpires with GoPro cameras.

That way we can see exactly what they see as they are making calls. We can see the strikezone that they see. We can see that the leg was in the way on the call, so they didn't see the tag.

Your nephew is a genius! That would be awesome!

And, with the simplicity of 'GoPro' or any small camera, mlb could put them all around the park to provide a multitude of ground level angles...