Baseball: Why is it shot from the right?
Question:While watching a game I recently noticed that, when the cameras are focused on the pitch, all baseball games seem to be shot from the right (for example: http://i15.tinypic.com/48w2uk7.jpg... ) and never from the left. So, why is it that the cameras are never on the left? Seems kinda odd to me.
Answers:
Lefties are on their own.
You'll notice that with a four-man umpiring crew with nobody on base the second-base umpire will be positioned in the outfield on the same side of the field the batter is hitting from. This is so we don't distract them. So for right-handed batters, we are shaded toward left. With left-handed batters, we're shaded toward right.
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Most batters are right handed so the right side gives a better view. They also do it to just stay consistant and not confuse viewers.I was wondering why the Detroit Tigers Pitcher got ejected from the game?
It's a right handed world. If we reversed it, the batters would run to third after a hit...the answer is because the camera in centerfield is positioned to the right. this is so because if it was straight on u coulddnt see the pitch and most players are right handed.
There are cameras all around the field. Typically, they will be at:
centre field (actually, slightly off-centre)
low plate
high plate
low first
high first
low third
high third.
High and low in these cases refers to how high they are off the field. So, the high plate and low plate cameras, for example, are pretty much aligned around the stands, but at different heights from the playing field.
As with all television, the camera angle that used is the director's choice. But you'll see more from the right because the runners move in counter-clockwise direction, so that's where there's more action..
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