[dfwgator]

1. Call balls and strikes electronically. The technology exists, use it.

Sacrilege! Umpires are what makes baseball the most "human" of all the sports.

[Billthedrill]

Sacrilege! Umpires are what makes baseball the most "human" of all the sports.

Yeah, and there's not much fun in sitting in the stands yelling "Yer mother was a fruit bat!" to a robot.

[oh8eleven]

1. Call balls and strikes electronically. The technology exists, use it.
Sacrilege! Umpires are what makes baseball the most "human" of all the sports.

I couldn't agree more. The invasion of technology into baseball (and all sports) is ruining the game.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

Umpires are what makes baseball the most "human" of all the sports.

If by Human you mean FUBARed then you are correct.

Ask Armando Galarraga what he thinks of umpires.

When you can see clearly that they are calling balls outside the strike zone strikes and balls inside balls then you start losing interest in the game.