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Metaphorical

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6. AI Umps aren't going to make much difference

Reply to RussBLib (Original post)

Sun Aug 13, 2023, 02:55 PM

Aug 2023

Most parks are now set up with AI strike/ball detection systems that are quite precise. These are there for review by the umpire, but the umpire is (and should be) the final arbiter.

If you're missing 15 calls as an umpire, it's probably time to retire (or be retired), however.

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Can we please have robo-umpires? [View all] RussBLib Aug 2023 OP

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