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MLB, MLBUA Reach Tentative Labor Agreement

By Dylan A. Chase | December 21, 2019 at 6:26pm CDT

Major League Baseball (MLB) and the Major League Baseball Umpires Association (MLBUA) have reached a tentative five-year labor agreement through the 2024 regular season, according to a press release from the league.  The agreement is subject to the ratification of the 30 clubs and the umpires themselves, with the next steps in that process expected in Jan. 2020.

First indications are that this is not just a ho-hum labor pact. According to a tweet from Jon Heyman of the MLB Network, the umpires “agreed to cooperate” with the league in the continued testing and development of automated balls and strikes (link). The Major League Baseball Umpires Association also agreed to assist if Commissioner Rob Manfred decides to utilize the system at the major league level, corroborates a report from the Associated Press.

Last season saw the launch of computerized strike zones in lower levels of organized baseball. The independent Atlantic League became the first American pro league to let a computer call balls and strikes at its All-Star Game on July 10. The system used combined an iPhone, a Trackman computer system and Doppler radar to relay proper calls to home plate umps. The Arizona Fall League also gave the system a trial run, and MLB had already been in talks to install the system at the Class A Florida State League for 2020. “This idea has been around for a long time and it’s the first time it’s been brought to life in a comprehensive way,” Morgan Sword, MLB’s senior vice president of economics and operations, said on the night the Atlantic League experiment started, as quoted in the AP story.

While most headlines tomorrow will surely revolve around the “robo ump” implications of this new pact, it’s also worth sharing that the sides agreed to raises in compensation and retirement benefits along with provisions to allow earlier retirement, as noted by both the AP and Heyman. With the current CBA scheduled for expiration in less than two years, it’s at least some sign of stability that the league and umpires union were able to strike a mutually beneficial labor accord.

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  1. dynamite drop in monty

    1 year ago

    The umpire. He saved the queen’s life!

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    • Yanksfan2010

      1 year ago

      Hey Look! It’s Enrico Pallazzo!

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      • WARrior

        1 year ago

        Enrico palazzo! Enrico palazzo!

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    • francys08

      1 year ago

      The commissioner wants to keep changing the sport. At some point he needs to decide if the sport should still be called baseball. I am fine seeing the umpire ruling the game it’s my personal opinion.

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      • chicagofan1978

        1 year ago

        This should have probably been its own post, you ruined a good joke

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        • WillieMaysHayes24

          1 year ago

          Surely you can’t be serious

          I am serious, and don’t call me Shirley.

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        • dynamite drop in monty

          1 year ago

          I just wanted to tell you both good luck. And we’re all counting on you.

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        • gozurman1

          1 year ago

          Chump don’t want no help, chump don’t get da help!

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      • Skip Church

        1 year ago

        Yeah genius, why get balls and strikes called correctly when you can get them called wrong 30% of the time by humans? Just my personal opinion.

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        • Catuli Carl

          1 year ago

          Playing the umpires tendencies is a part of the game.

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        • Dogbone

          1 year ago

          Sure, except it shouldn’t be. When the human element’ is mentioned, to me, it means the human element of the players. The job of calling balls and strikes consistently accurate, is nothing that a person can do – better than a computer.
          Get the calls right, there is too much at stake.

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        • dmarcus15

          1 year ago

          Agree once the balls and strikes is automatically called Angel Hernandez might be a good umpire.

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        • larryk317

          1 year ago

          Doubtful

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      • themed

        1 year ago

        That 3 batter minimum per year pitcher is the most ignorant rule ever thought of. No breaking up double plays no blocking the plate. Ridiculous now this.

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        • dmarcus15

          1 year ago

          Someone hit the nail on the head. I’m surprised the players union agreed to this it takes strategy out of the game and takes away the specialized pitcher if people want shorter games take it down to Little League 7 inning games.

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        • Melchez

          1 year ago

          Intentional walk with no pitches thrown. Tanking is allowed. That drags games much longer than anything else. If you allow tanking, then you should instate a mercy rule. After 5 innings and a 10 run lead. That would shorten the length of a game. If you are the victim of the mercy rule 5 times in a year, the league takes over running your team.

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        • HereComeThePhillies2018

          1 year ago

          It’s hard to believe that you aren’t the commissioner already with great ideas like this. Maybe by 2030 the league can run every team!

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        • Melchez

          1 year ago

          “It’s hard to believe that you aren’t the commissioner already with great ideas like this”

          I know, Right?

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  2. spinach

    1 year ago

    Earlier retirement because of the coming robot umps.

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    • Baseball 1600

      1 year ago

      Robot umps doesn’t mean umps lose their jobs…

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      • JD396

        1 year ago

        Well, the robot umps are fine but wait until they find out how cheap it is to outsource all the ump jobs to 11 year olds in Malaysia

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    • dynamite drop in monty

      1 year ago

      You do realize that even with a finely tuned automated strike zone system in place, a home plate umpire will still be necessary, right? Is the robot ump going to call plays at home? Balks? Check swings? Toss the ball back to the pitcher? Eat chili dogs?

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      • Joe Says...

        1 year ago

        How dare you interfere with an ill informed idiotic rant with facts.

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        • dynamite drop in monty

          1 year ago

          I’ll never learn.

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        • Dogbone

          1 year ago

          Hopefully they negotiated Joe West dismissal.

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        • socalblake

          1 year ago

          And Angel Hernandez and Las Diaz

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      • jleve618

        1 year ago

        Not to mention it actually requires an additional ump to be behind the scenes and radio in the call to the home plate ump. At least last I heard it did, not sure if it has become more streamlined.

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  3. al3188

    1 year ago

    Should this headline read “Giant Industry Exempt from Antitrust Laws Begrudgingly Agrees to Labor Agreement with People Whose Jobs are Actually Rendered Useless Due to Technology but Weird Tradition Makes Them Relevant”

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    • chicagofan1978

      1 year ago

      That’s a helluva headline Michael Scott

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      • al3188

        1 year ago

        Hm… I just drew a sharpie line on a woman so I could distinguish her from her friend… I am also starting my own paper company from the ground up if you want in lol…

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        • chicagofan1978

          1 year ago

          Yes!

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    • Catuli Carl

      1 year ago

      How would antitrust laws apply to the MLB?

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      • at12tone

        1 year ago

        Without the anti-trust exemption, MLB is basically 30 companies working in collusion.

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        • JD396

          1 year ago

          The amount of direct and indirect control they have over basically all professional baseball is ridiculous.

          The legal justification for the antitrust exemption pretty much doesn’t exist anymore outside the fact that it’s just precedent now.

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  4. SillyScully

    1 year ago

    Wonder if minor league umpire pay will increase. Like the players, they only make nickles and dimes a season.

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  5. ChiSoxCity

    1 year ago

    A standardized strikezone will make the game better. Pitchers with pinpoint accuracy won’t get cheated, and batters won’t get wrong up on woefully bad calls.

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    • ChiSoxCity

      1 year ago

      *wrung up

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      • sambino

        1 year ago

        I totally agree

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    • adamontheshore

      1 year ago

      My only concern is how it will impact catching. Since framing will no longer be an issue, there will likely be less passed balls as catchers can get into position to block much earlier, and stolen bases might go down since catchers can get in a position to throw quicker.

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      • BlueSkyLA

        1 year ago

        Pitch framing is a total fantasy stat anyway.

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        • ChiSoxCity

          1 year ago

          Stat? What the heck are you even talking about?

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        • BlueSkyLA

          1 year ago

          The heck I am talking about is the stats that purport to measure the ability of a catcher to flimflam an umpire into calling a pitch a strike when it isn’t a strike. You’ve heard about this haven’t you? I believe this skill doesn’t actually exist.

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        • csspackler

          1 year ago

          youtube.com/watch?v=8rR22G7MgXI

          baseballsavant.mlb.com/catcher_framing

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        • BlueSkyLA

          1 year ago

          You are missing the point. Coming up with statistics is easy, but numbers alone don’t mean you have described anything but noise. Using numbers to actually describe something has to start with a logical hypothesis. None exists for pitch framing. Nobody knows or tries to explain what skill is at work, let alone how it could be possible for a catcher who supposedly has this “skill” to become better and worse at it. Nobody even tries to explain how every, single umpire from Little League on up will tell you the same thing, which is that they call balls and strikes over the plate, not where the catcher catches them. The theory behind pitch framing seems to be that all umpires are liars, a theory that couldn’t possibly be more illogical. What is ignored in all of this is the very obvious and logical reasons why pitchers do and don’t get calls. That would seem to be the place to look for numbers to describe something, not this totally illogical concept of pitch framing.

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  6. denny816

    1 year ago

    As long as they agreed upon the “Angel Hernandez no longer has a job” clause, all fans rejoice!

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  7. WillieMaysHayes24

    1 year ago

    Why do guys like Angel Hernandez, Joe West, and C.B. Bucknor still have jobs at the MLB level? They are all HORRIBLE on calling balls and strikes correctly.

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    • nicketz

      1 year ago

      at the risk of sounding like a Pinkerton or something: this is part of the downside one has to accept when dealing with unions.

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    • ldoggnation

      1 year ago

      Don’t forget Doug Eddings and Kerwin Danley. We really shouldn’t know their names as readily as we do, but only for the horrible job they do.

      These guys should not have a job in the Mlb. The league should be able to fire them over the job they do.

      But the league bows down to their union and acts like they have tenure and is helpless to do anything about them.

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      • Dogbone

        1 year ago

        If not for Doug Eddings, the CWS probably don’t win, in 2005.

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        • ldoggnation

          1 year ago

          Yep

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        • Joe Kerr

          1 year ago

          they lost 1 game in the playoffs, how did 1 umpire make them win all the other games?

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    • at12tone

      1 year ago

      Because there’s almost no mechanism in place for holding crappy umpires accountable. I imagine the fact that umpires are heavily skewed white and two of the three worst offenders are minorities only makes it harder to get more accountability put in. It would look like a racial purge, even though Hernandez and Bucknor are pure garbage at their jobs.

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  8. Baseballfreak

    1 year ago

    We could only pray that Angel will be fires! No pun intended!

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  9. Baseballfreak

    1 year ago

    *fired*

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    • AZPat

      1 year ago

      I was eating at Buffalo Wild Wings when I saw Angel Hernandez at the next table. It was unbearable because of the ringing bells. You see, he ordered wings. And a bell. . .rings. . .everytime. . .an angel. . .gets. . . Ah, you know the rest of it.

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      • Bronyaur111

        1 year ago

        Take an upvote and delete your account.

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  10. chicagofan1978

    1 year ago

    Who the hell will Jon Lester bark at now?

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    • AaronSapoznik

      1 year ago

      Jon Lester will probably be retired by the time the automated strike zone is implemented. If not, he can always call on his inner ‘John Lackey’ and “bark” at his manager, pitching coach, catcher or fielders when things don’t go his way on the mound. lol

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      • chicagofan1978

        1 year ago

        Not gonna lie though, I would probably miss guys like him Lackey and Peavey yelling at the umpire trying to get their calls. They’re kind of like Philip Rivers in a sense. Can’t knock a guy for being passionate. But on the other hand get the Damn calls right please.

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  11. Shannon Wolfe

    1 year ago

    Everyone wants to complain about balls and strikes. But I believe that robo umps will make the game boring. Controversy is what made baseball and MLB is taking that away every year. I am slowly losing interest in baseball with all the changes like “reviews” on calls for starters. Change is good, but those reviews on calls take so much time in a already lengthy game. I also hate that managers stand on the top of the dugout before they decide to challenge or not too. They sped up pitchers by using a time clock to increase the games speed, but they keep adding stuff to extend the length of the game. I am at the blink of losing interest in baseball and I have enjoyed the game for over 35+ years. I still remember my first professional game I went too as a child. I even remember the excitement of my first major league game experience as a youth. It’s a dying breed.

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    • JaysForDays

      1 year ago

      You won’t even notice since the ump will be buzzed for strikes and then call strike. For balls, they’ll do nothing different either. You’ll just see better, more accurate games.

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    • DarthDbacks

      1 year ago

      They need to bring back plugging of runners to make it more exciting and more controversial. Just imagine all the fights that would break out.

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  12. Ruben_Tomorrow

    1 year ago

    “Robo Ump” sounds like a great name for the next baseball/sci fi movie. Maybe they can get Robo Cop and Number 5 to make cameos in it.

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    • ldoggnation

      1 year ago

      “Stop, or there will be strikes, er trouble “.

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  13. BlueSkyLA

    1 year ago

    Good thing or the umpires would really have been in the strike zone.

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  14. john9977

    1 year ago

    I loved that movie Johnnie five is alive! I think pitching will be better with RoboUmp!

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  15. Hannibal8us

    1 year ago

    Really against automated strike zones but I’m still against any review. Think the game has passed me by and I’m only in my 30s.

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  16. jorge78

    1 year ago

    Seems like the “robot ump” would take a lot of pressure off the umps since with advanced analytics people can tell how many calls they miss and which side of the plate they favor…..

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  17. gozurman1

    1 year ago

    What about all of those catchers that have spent years learning the fine art of pitch framing?

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  18. Drew Waters Bat

    1 year ago

    Any writing in there about umpires leaving their attitude and their egos in their hotel rooms. Tired of seeing them show off as much as the players. Do they still not realize people dont come for them?

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    • xtraflamy

      1 year ago

      I go to the games to see the umpires. They’re an essential part of the game I love, and I respect them for the very difficult job that they do. I wish more people did.

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      • Drew Waters Bat

        1 year ago

        What’s difficult about a job where you can stand in one spot for 3 hours and do a couple hand motions? It’s not rocket science. When you wrote the first line, we’re you laughing when you wrote it? You must be an actual Umpire. I’m tired of seeing there ego’s come out while they are puffing out their chest to make them seem powerful. They think they are cops without badges. There is no hierarchy to them. They make the decisions and that’s final. What a joke.

        I wish more people saw threw the crap that’s pulled over their face.

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        • JD396

          1 year ago

          Have you ever personally played any organized sport at any level at all?

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        • Drew Waters Bat

          1 year ago

          4 sports. Havent seen as much ego from the moderators of any of them as you see in baseball. A point that everyone is tired of umpires and poor, blatant, questionable, and curious calls. To say it doesn’t happen more in baseball than anywhere else is a joke and a lie. Name another sport besides soccer that refs show off as much?

          Nobody will condemn them. They do no wrong and have the most important job. A joke.

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      • Dogbone

        1 year ago

        I don’t go to games to watch umpires, I go to watch the players.

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      • BlueSkyLA

        1 year ago

        Some fans won’t be happy until baseball is turned into a video game.

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        • Drew Waters Bat

          1 year ago

          And some Major League Commissioners main goal has been to destroy all aspects of the game. What’s left of the game. Some fans are out trying to put a stop to the complete dismantling of Baseball. Worried about the fans, need to be worried about the crooked people running it. The Commissioner has held the rest of baseball hostage.

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        • BlueSkyLA

          1 year ago

          The commissioner works for the 30 owners. He is powerless to hold anyone hostage.

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        • Drew Waters Bat

          1 year ago

          The commissioner stopped working for the teams. It is a position that was created by the owners to help control actions. Hes powerless huh, why is he Demanding that teams cut 40 minor league teams. Some of the teams he suggests to cut are actually doing quite well for themselves.

          How come I get the feeling that the season will start before they give a ruling on Bryant?

          He is collectively killing baseball as we know it. The good and the bad parts of it.

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        • BlueSkyLA

          1 year ago

          If the commissioner stopped working for the team owners, somebody needs to tell the team owners, since they hired him. And yes, he is working for the team owners on the minor league issue too. The proposal to reduce the number of minor league teams is how they plan to reduce the costs of developing players. The owners sure have a sweet deal. They can hide behind the commissioner and some fans won’t notice who is pulling the strings.

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        • Drew Waters Bat

          1 year ago

          Oops. I hit the like button trying to hit the reply button. Why cant you take it away? So it’s the commissioner who is trying to be cheap with players. If you take 40 teams out, does that raise or lower your cash flow? Hmmmmm. Math wise that doesn’t add up. I could see them suggesting 40 teams that are in the red. But there not.

          Demanding that 40 teams be cut is not an actual version of “working with”. Gonna be interesting to see how that office changes over the next 10 years. Why not actually work on tanking teams that are in the majors?

          Want to work on making the game better. Its salary cap time. These contracts are becoming looney tunes. By 2025 wouldn’t be surprised we see a half a billion dollar contract. He doesn’t need it but he feels hes worth it. I feel bad for the players that have to play next to them.

          Hay commissioner, that’s where the money is going. Need a player to be the commissioner. Have a better understanding on what hes doing.

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        • BlueSkyLA

          1 year ago

          The minor league teams are franchised to the major league teams in a similar way to the how car dealerships are franchised to the carmakers. It costs the major league teams to keep up that system. They believe they can develop major league players more cheaply with fewer minor league teams. That’s what this is about. So again no, the commissioner isn’t trying to be cheap with the players, it’s the team owners, for whom the commissioner works, who are. That’s where he gets his marching orders and no other place. You are just shilling for ownership right down the line.

          Sorry you liked my post accidentally but maybe you should have done it on purpose since it answers all of your questions.

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  19. leon willis

    1 year ago

    I hate robots. I don’t even use self checkout. I prefer the human element both in life and sport. The mistakes are what give this game character. On the flip side, I hate unions. They are the powers that keep Angel and CB still in their position of power even when they are clearly not good at their jobs.

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    • socalblake

      1 year ago

      I didn’t know there were that many robots to hate in the world. ;)

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  20. Eatdust666

    1 year ago

    Fire Angel Hernandez

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  21. dshires4

    1 year ago

    Is accountability in the contract? The amount of times an umpire makes a mistake and ejects a player or manager is staggering. You shouldn’t be protected from criticism.

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    • JD396

      1 year ago

      Players and managers are going to get tossed for throwing tantrums whether they’re right or wrong. Nobody who’s ever umped anything has a problem with that aspect of it.

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  22. twentyforty

    1 year ago

    Who cares? They’re all bad.

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  23. forwhomjoshbelltolls

    1 year ago

    So, getting the calls right and eliminating the most overrated and useless “skill” in baseball, pitch framing?

    Bring on the robo-umps.

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  24. jhondo

    1 year ago

    Hopefully the agreement means Phil Cuzzi , Brian Gorman , C B Bucknor and Rob Drake take early retirement .(amazing how a union can protect guys who are supposedly at the top of their craft but can’t call an accurate ball/strike.)

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    • JD396

      1 year ago

      That’s all unions really do anymore

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  25. holycow16

    1 year ago

    Go Cubs Go

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  26. giants number 1 fan

    1 year ago

    Fu*k Manfred, MLB, and Robo Umps.

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  27. ChiSoxCity

    1 year ago

    Works in tennis and Olympic sports just fine. There are no logical arguments to be made against an automated strike zone.

    Next issue that needs to be addressed by the MLB is defensive shifts.

    If a pitcher is required to throw from the mound, and a catcher required to receive pitches behind home plate, it stands to reason all defensive players should be required to hold position within a set distance from the bag they’re designated to defend. Allowing fielders to occupy any space they choose on the infield before the pitch is not consistent with the rules of the game. Outfielders don’t defend bags, so logically, they should be free to occupy any space they choose in the outfield.

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    • Bronyaur111

      1 year ago

      The easiest solution to defensive shifts is teaching players how to hit.

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    • JD396

      1 year ago

      What is the problem with defensive shifts, exactly?

      Teams shouldn’t be allowed to position fielders where batters actually hit the ball and should be required to position them where they do not hit the ball, because…. why?

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      • ChiSoxCity

        1 year ago

        Because a 3B shouldn’t be standing in the outfield or 2B before the pitch is thrown. Clearly, that wasn’t the intent when the game was designed. Otherwise there would be no designated positions to begin with.

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  28. JD396

    1 year ago

    Yeah, we won’t be so excited about robot umps when they become sentient and start shooting everybody

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  29. bosoxfan4life

    1 year ago

    Will clubs be able to challenge a call from the robo ump I wonder?

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  30. AaronSapoznik

    1 year ago

    The automated strike zone will be huge for MLB, guaranteeing their sport will be the only one nearly free of any judgement calls with instant replay already being widely implemented. The fact that the umpires are on board should make the transition that much quicker and easier.

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    • bosoxfan4life

      1 year ago

      I agree. I’m just not seeing the complete point on why the need to quicken the game other than trying to keep the younger audience engaged. Also, how is it going to work with the limited commercials? Won’t local stations lose money?

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  31. Vizionaire

    1 year ago

    it will quicken the game.

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  32. Desertbull

    1 year ago

    Hopefully the agreement includes a clause banning CB Buckner and Angel Hernandez for life.

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  33. Desertbull

    1 year ago

    Just say no to robo-umps. If I wanted to watch a video game I would buy an X-Box

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  34. Dad

    1 year ago

    I think balls and strikes should be robo -Called .The Umps are that bad. Bring back home plate collisions and take out slides at second base. Then get rid of this commissioner. He sucks.

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