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'Perfectly imperfect:' Here's why players are coming to the defense of MLB umpires
USA TODAY Sports via Yahoo Sports· 2 years agoAs Major League Baseball workshops automated strike zones in the minor leagues and moves toward...
MLB won't adopt robot umpires to call balls and strikes by 2025, says Rob Manfred
Yahoo Sports via AOL· 2 weeks agoMajor League Baseball does not expect to implement an automated ball-strike system or "robot...
Detroit Tigers hitters seem to like automated strike zone system in minor leagues
Detroit Free Press via Yahoo Sports· 11 months agoThe Detroit Tigers have had their fair share of players on rehab assignments in the minor leagues...
Robots calling balls and strikes in MLB? Rob Manfred says ABS system unlikely in 2025
LA Times via Yahoo Sports· 2 weeks agoCommissioner Rob Manfred says MLB players prefer a challenge system to replacing umpires with the...
What is a strike in baseball? Robots, rule book and umpires view it differently
Associated Press via AOL· 11 months agoThe education of robot umpires has been complicated by an open secret in baseball for the past 150...
MLB testing new technology during games to help settle balls vs. strikes conflicts
ABC News via Yahoo News· 9 months agoNow Major League Baseball is turning to cameras and computers in an effort to settle some of those...
Turns out robot umpires have one big flaw: They’re too perfect
Business Insider via Yahoo Finance· 8 months agoRobo-ump has been sold as a futuristic solution to an age-old problem: With a computer-powered...
Triple-A baseball tests robot umps with eye on MLB
Newsy via AOL· 11 months agoBraves pitcher throwing the ball It's one, two, three strikes, you're out. Or was that a ball? "I'm used to when the umpires call it a ball or strike,"...
WooSox prepare for robotic umpire system, which is coming soon to Polar Park
Worcester Telegram & Gazette via Yahoo News· 1 year agoBOSTON — As a longtime and influential executive, Larry Lucchino is privy to information and ideas...
Automated umpire system earns high marks from Charlotte Knights
Charlotte Observer via Yahoo News· 11 months agoDespite growing pains, the newly introduced ABS system is well-liked among minor league players and...