re: Good God, this crew is pathetic

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Auto balls and strikes can’t come soon enough to all levels of baseball.

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I don't like it when umpires are not consistent with balls and strikes, but I don't think people have any idea what they're asking for with the robot ump idea. I don't think it's going to be near as enjoyable as people think it'll be.

Robot umps would call that letter high strike, which is supposed to exist, but almost never is called... every time. Pitchers are going to live up there, and not many hitters can get on top of that. That's going to get real annoying watching that pitch get called a strike, because it shouldn't be. That's why umps don't call it, because I think they're fully aware of how unrealistic it is to expect hitters to go after that.

The only way I'll even entertain the idea of robot umps, is if they agree to lower the top of the strike zone.