Message #1600751

[Baseball is Life]

I've railed about for the last couple of years. With the advent of technology, it has become apparent that plate umpiring is affecting the integrity of the game. This guy makes a good argument.

http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/118714854/automated-strike-zone-robot-umps-changes-to-baseball

"All we'd need is a buzzer in the home-plate umpire's ear to let him know whether a pitch traveled through the zone. It wouldn't slow the game down at all, and we'd even still get to debate which umpire has the best punchout -- because, at surface-level, nothing has changed."