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    Image of Stev D Stev D
    10/13/09

    In reply to Baseball's Robot Revolution Is Coming
    George Will must think he's in a Twilight Zone episode.
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    10/13/09

    In reply to Baseball's Robot Revolution Is Coming
    As long as these robots don't crush my bones into powder and enslave my loved ones a hellish foundry, I am for it.
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    Image of The Sports Hernia The Sports Hernia
    10/13/09

    In reply to Baseball's Robot Revolution Is Coming
    Blown calls in playoffs? 5 ways to break ump slump [AP]

    There's only way - road beef.
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    Image of Matt Sussman Matt Sussman
    10/13/09

    In reply to Baseball's Robot Revolution Is Coming
    Whither the umpire? Not after how much they eat!
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    Image of Theodore Donald Kerabatsos Theodore Donald Kerabatsos
    10/13/09

    In reply to Baseball's Robot Revolution Is Coming
    George Lucas already has a deal in place with MLB to go through all old game footage and replace the umpires with various cyborgs, droids, and rastafied Gungans.
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    Image of Stev D Stev D
    10/13/09

    @Theodore Donald Kerabatsos: +1
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    Image of Civil Negligence Civil Negligence
    10/13/09

    In reply to Baseball's Robot Revolution Is Coming
    How about before we think of using the strike track system, TBS develops one that does not reflect the strike zone for a 7'1" man.
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    Image of ArkansasFred ArkansasFred
    10/13/09

    In reply to Baseball's Robot Revolution Is Coming
    Ugh. Hasn't anyone ever read an Asimov novel?

    Me neither. That shit is super nerdy.
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    Image of ScientificMapp ScientificMapp
    10/13/09

    @ArkansasFred: Although "Do Electric Umpires Dream of Neon Meatball Hoagies?" is pretty good.
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    Image of erstadthepunter erstadthepunter
    10/13/09

    @ScientificMapp: Except that was Phillip K. Dick.

    /dick joke
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    Image of ScientificMapp ScientificMapp
    10/13/09

    @erstadthepunter: Damn, you're absolutely right. That non-existent book was written by Phillip K. Dick.
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    Image of Chip Skylark of Space Chip Skylark of Space
    10/13/09

    @ScientificMapp: I thought that was WATERSPIDER? Or would you count that as an existentialist Dick story about a nonextistent Anderson book...
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    Image of MarkKelsosMigraine MarkKelsosMigraine
    10/13/09

    In reply to Baseball's Robot Revolution Is Coming
    Guys, this is a slippery slope. Have you ever considered that one day we may all be replaced with robots? Imagine, robot commenters! Just program them with dick jokes, Big Lebowski quotes and Sean Salisbury's emails and let the hilarity fly. What are we supposed to do then? Our jobs? Spend time with our loved ones? I say no thanks.
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    Image of Pedro Cuatrocinco Pedro Cuatrocinco
    10/13/09

    @MarkKelsosMigraine: "Sent by my iPhone"
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    Image of Stev D Stev D
    10/13/09

    In reply to Baseball's Robot Revolution Is Coming
    I can't explain it, but I just knew that the Wendelstedt bloodline would lead us in the war against the machines.
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    Image of Silent Q Silent Q
    10/13/09

    In reply to Baseball's Robot Revolution Is Coming
    ...every Major League park already has the "Pitch-f/x zone evaluation system" that the league uses to assess their umpires' ability at the plate.

    Meanwhile, Krayzy Drayzy and Skoob are still struggling to get the "Das-EFX system to chiggedy-check yo umps" off the ground.
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    Image of TT-Zop TT-Zop
    10/13/09

    In reply to Baseball's Robot Revolution Is Coming
    In the Robot-Umpire era of MLB, all counts will be either 0-1 or 1-0
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    Image of David Hume David Hume
    10/13/09

    @TT-Zop: Robot ump looking at picture of female robots of varying degrees of attractiveness

    "0, 1, 1, 1, 0, if I'm drunk, 0"
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    Image of Bobby Big Wheel Bobby Big Wheel
    10/13/09

    In reply to Baseball's Robot Revolution Is Coming
    "Hey, Robot Ump, bend over and use your good opto-isolator!"
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    Image of dont-forget-where-you-came-from-cheese mac dont-forget-where-you-came-from-cheese mac
    10/13/09

    In reply to Baseball's Robot Revolution Is Coming
    This is sure to backfire once Charlie Manuel tries to say hello to one of them and it's head explodes from trying to figure out what language he is speaking.
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    Image of Pedro Cuatrocinco Pedro Cuatrocinco
    10/13/09

    In reply to Baseball's Robot Revolution Is Coming
    As usual, David Stern beats MLB to the punch.
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    Image of sir_pantsalot sir_pantsalot
    10/13/09

    In reply to Baseball's Robot Revolution Is Coming
    This will never get approved. Robots don't care who the Yankees are or what teams will make the best match-up for ratings in the next series.
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