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Star: The case for automating ball-strike calls

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Re: Star: The case for automating ball-strike calls 

Post#21 » by Santoki » Fri Jul 15, 2016 11:19 am

RalphWiggum wrote:
Geddy wrote:If people miss the ump's gestures and shouting, they could probably program a robot to do all that too.

There's still an ump back there to call the balls and strikes, he just has an earpiece. You'd still need a HP ump for timeouts and plays at the plate.


And check swings and foul tips. There's still quite a bit of work for him to do.

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