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RussBLib

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Sun Aug 13, 2023, 02:14 PM Aug 2023

Can we please have robo-umpires? [View all]

The bad calls are escalating. Every time I watch ANY game, even just for a few minutes, I will see a couple of bad calls on balls or strikes. It must drive the batters and pitchers nuts.

Umpire Ángel Hernández Misses More Calls Behind Home Plate in Yankees-Marlins Game

Despite Ángel Hernández blowing a whopping 15 calls, Miami Marlins starter Sandy Alcantara tossed a complete game against the New York Yankees.

While the New York Yankees and Miami Marlins were facing off with majors playoff implications on the line Saturday, it was umpire Ángel Hernández who became one of the game's biggest standouts.

Hernández missed 15 calls in the game from behind the plate, according to Umpire Scorecards. The mistakes Hernández made worked out to give the Yankees an additional 0.68 runs, although New York still lost 3-1.


The rest: https://www.si.com/fannation/mlb/fastball/news/umpire-angel-hernandez-misses-more-calls-behind-home-plate-in-yankees-marlins-game

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calls have always been very arbitrary. i guess its been considered part of the game. bullimiami Aug 2023 #1
Not sure I agree but I get it. But did you see Eliot Rosewater Aug 2023 #2
No, maybe the heat got him RussBLib Aug 2023 #3
Hell no!!!!!! NoRethugFriends Aug 2023 #9
What's the problem? RussBLib Aug 2023 #10
as fields are currently constructed,... NoRethugFriends Aug 2023 #18
AI can get the hell away from baseball! Alexander Of Assyria Aug 2023 #4
John Miller was about ready to go down on the field usonian Aug 2023 #5
AI Umps aren't going to make much difference Metaphorical Aug 2023 #6
Glad I missed the game yesterday. GP6971 Aug 2023 #7
15 missed calls for Hernandez Casady1 Aug 2023 #14
Thanks! n/t GP6971 Aug 2023 #16
Imagine the embarrassment of being ejected by a robot. Sneederbunk Aug 2023 #8
No. You can't. Bad calls fall both directions and it's part of the game. Why not have robot ... marble falls Aug 2023 #11
Well, it's going to happen RussBLib Aug 2023 #12
Reminds Me Of Futurama ProfessorGAC Aug 2023 #17
15 missed calls for Hermandez Casady1 Aug 2023 #13
THIS is embarrassing RussBLib Aug 2023 #15
Thank you!!! Sparkly Sep 2023 #19
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