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It’s the slippery slope and necessary path so umpires can maintain a role. I really wish it could be a fully automated system that just immediately displays whe
by whycome 1y ago
It’s the slippery slope and necessary path so umpires can maintain a role. I really wish it could be a fully automated system that just immediately displays whether a pitch is a strike or ball. The umpires could be reserved for other judgment calls. Maybe 20 years from now there won’t be an umpire behind the plate.
- llbeansandrice 1y agoThere’s plenty of judgement calls that will always need to be made close to home plate so I don’t think the home plate ump is ever going away
- JamesSwift 1y agoThe system as implemented maintains both the umpire and the catchers role (in terms of framing pitches). I can appreciate the elegance of the solution to meet a middleground, but the "fairness gremlin" in me just wants calls to be consistent and correct.