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Las Vegas – Most baseball fans will not forget the controversial phone call between the Houston Astros and the Washington Nationals in Game 6 of the 2019 World Series when the runner Trea Turner was excluded due to interference.
Referee accuracy is frustrating for fans and players of almost every game.
This season, MLB launched so-called “robot referees” with 11 Pacific Coast League Triple A teams, taking a step back from reaching Major League Baseball to improve accuracy and reduce delays.
The Automatic Ball and Strike System (ABS) made its debut in the Las Vegas Aviators game earlier this month.
It’s as cool and weird as seeing a “The Jetsons” style robot in the field, but most fans don’t even notice the actual device. Eight surveillance cameras at the top of the bleachers.
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Some argue that booing referees for bad calls, like hot dogs and beer, is a tradition in baseball games.
Ronaldo Echeveria, a fan of the Las Vegas Aviators, said:
However, because referees make human error, MLB has introduced an automatic ball-and-strike system to improve call accuracy and reduce delays.
“I think people have the misunderstanding that it’s going to be a robot behind the plate.’Lost in Space’is one of my favorite shows. It’s there’Lost in Space’. It’s not a Space robot, “Aviator Jim Jema Media Relations Director told Fox News Digital. “The umpire puts in the AirPods and the ball comes in … basically instantly tells if it’s a ball or a strike.”
The camera at the top of the bleachers detects the strike zone based on the height of the player.
Once the pitch is determined to be a ball or a strike, the robot’s voice tells the referee through the earpiece.
ABS First introduced in the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball in July 2019.
Now that we have reached the top of the minor leagues, the majors have the potential to move on to the next league.
Ravon Fushe, a professor of American studies at Purdue University, said: “It’s a sports theater, and if we move to the robot position, some of it will be lost.”
Fouché has been studying sports technology.
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He said there is still no sufficient evidence that this technique has improved the accuracy of referees.
The fans are split.
“That’s good in some ways, but not in baseball. Baseball is an old-fashioned game,” Aviators fan David Baird told Fox News Digital.
“In a real high stakes situation like the World Series, you need the most accurate phone you know,” added another aviator fan, Damian Young.
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MLB has stated that the system could eventually be rolled out in Major League Baseball games, but has not announced a potential timeline.