We’ve seen so many bad calls in baseball that calling for robot umpires isn’t just coming from fans with an automated ball-strike zone maybe someday in our future.
We now have Jazz Chisholm Jr. calling for them after a terrible call in Monday’s Miami Marlins loss to the New York Mets.
He was up at bat when umpire Rob Drake called a strike three on a Jose Butto pitch that was clearly outside by a lot. You can hear Chisholm protest on a mic, but he later took to X (formerly Twitter) with an emoji and one word to say this:
🤖 please
— Jazz Chisholm Jr (@j_chisholm3) July 23, 2024
Jazz wants robot umps https://t.co/W5bM7naxqB pic.twitter.com/acHNyVDqP6
— Talkin’ Baseball (@TalkinBaseball_) July 23, 2024
After that call? Understandable!