The baseball trend towards robot umpires is accelerating.
Controversy around umpiring mistakes has grown in recent years, thanks in large part to visible strike zones during TV broadcasts.
MLB commissioner Rob Manfred has supported the idea, although opinions have been mixed throughout the league.
Some managers have openly encouraged it out of frustration with the current system of balls and strikes.
READ: METS MANAGER BUCK SHOWALTER LIKES IDEA OF ROBO-UMPS
But others around the game, including many players, prefer to keep the human element.
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The Patriots aren’t repeating their mistakes and are pursuing an offensive coordinator for next season, the team announced in a statement.
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The defending AFC champions are not shy as they begin their quest to return to the Super Bowl.
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Joe Mixon threw down the proverbial gauntlet on Thursday, three days before Cincinnati’s wild-card round matchup with the division rival Ravens.
The San Diego State men’s basketball team doesn’t want to fall into another trap when it hosts New Mexico in a Mountain West Conference game on …
The Cleveland Browns requested permission to interview New England Patriots linebackers coach Jerod Mayo for the vacant defensive coordinator …
On Thursday, the Clemson Tigers fired one offensive coordinator, and that’s probably because they have a top-notch replacement ready.
The San Francisco 49ers have Geno Smith and the Seattle Seahawks slated as their Wild Card opponents, and while the Niners defense is nothing to sneeze at, they’ve got a rookie, Brock Purdy, leading the charge on Sunday. Nick Wright weighs the odds of Purdy getting a win on Sunday, and to take it a step further, being the first rookie QB to make a Super Bowl appearance.
It’s a battle of the long-haired Princes. Trevor Lawrence and the Jacksonville Jaguars to host Justin Herbert and the Los Angeles Chargers for the wild-card round, and Nick Wright is forced to answer… if he backing the right ‘Prince that was Promised’. Watch as he explains why he’s going withe the Jags this weekend, and why Lawrence is the superior long-haired quarterback.
Vikings quarterback Kirk Cousins appears to have no interest in intimidating the New York Giants ahead of Sunday’s Wild-Card round against Big Blue.
While the Giants spent most of the week revving up their troops with their new Our Way motto, Captain Kirk is basking in the comfort of his home, kicking up his monogrammed slippers (with socks on) as he talks about retirement and everything other things NOT named the Giants … which could prove to be disastrous for the 13-4 Vikings.