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With Umpires Opting Out of the MLB Restart, is Now the Time for the Robots?The robots will eventually come to Major League Baseball. But maybe we should start to consider them immediately....

Robot Umpire Performed About As Well As Human UmpireRobot umps have finally made their way into pro baseball, and by all accounts they seem primed to make Angel Hernandez just a little less horrible at his job. A system known as TrackMan made its professional debut on Wednesday during the independent Atlantic League’s all-star game....

Weirdo Rookie Umpire Fills Left Field With His Chewed GumMajor-league umpires are kind of the worst. Blown close calls we can grudgingly abide, but blown not-all-that-close calls punctuated by ego trips, well, not so much. And yet that's what umpires do! Jordan Baker, a minor-league umpire who has filled in on Dana DeMuth's crew over the past week, keeps ...