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Ozzie Guillen rips idea of ‘robot umpires’ in MLB
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Ozzie Guillen made clear Sunday he was no fan of robotic umpires or automated strike zones coming to Main League Baseball.
Robotic umpiring was first examined within the impartial Atlantic League of Skilled Baseball and within the Low-A minor leagues. Triple-A minor league baseball is attempting out automated strike zones for the 2022 season.
Former White Sox supervisor Ozzie Guillén on the sector previous to sport 3 of the American League Division Sequence in opposition to the Houston Astros at Assured Charge Area on Oct. 10, 2021 in Chicago, Illinois.
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“I hope [the rule change] occurs after I die as a result of I will be very, very vocal about it,” the World Sequence champion supervisor informed TMZ Sports activities, including he didn’t perceive how it could be an enchancment over human umpires.
“Whoever got here up with this concept by no means performed the sport. By no means performed Little League baseball video games.”
The Atlantic League was the primary to check out the Automated Balls and Strikes System (ABS).
Ozzie Guillen sits within the dugout previous to a sport between the White Sox and the Oakland Athletics at Assured Charge Area on Aug. 11, 2019, in Chicago, Illinois.
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The robotic umpires do have their drawbacks and bugs, nevertheless – and their critics.
“It could change the sport for the nice. It could proceed the trouble to remove human deficiency,” Corridor of Famer Mike Schmidt stated in 2019. “We now have replay in all places else within the sport. Prefer it or not, replay will get the decision proper.”
Umpire Brian deBrauwere huddles behind Freedom Division catcher James Skelton, of the York Revolution, because the official wears an earpiece throughout a minor league sport on July 10, 2019, in York, Pennsylvania.
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MLB has not introduced adoption of the ABS system within the main leagues, however the Main League Baseball Umpires Affiliation agreed final yr that it could assist with its implementation ought to Commissioner Rob Manfred approve of it.
Fox Information’ Lawrence Richard and The Related Press contributed to this report.