GDT: 4/18 Braves @ Padres: Strider after getting chewed out

chop2chip said:
I wonder if umpires are rooting for ChatGPT to replace office jobs as hard as every baseball fan roots for robo umps

Signed - someone who wants robo umps
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Robo umps wouldn't cost the umpires one single job. All it would do is automate the ball/strike calls to the same zone regardless of hitter or pitcher. There would still have to be a plate umpire for all the other responsibilities that cannot be reasonably handled by technology.
 
DirkPiggler said:
Robo umps wouldn't cost the umpires one single job. All it would do is automate the ball/strike calls to the same zone regardless of hitter or pitcher. There would still have to be a plate umpire for all the other responsibilities that cannot be reasonably handled by technology.
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We have enough cameras and sensors in the stadium to replace every single umpire.
 
Do you how we watch a replay and think to ourself “he’s out” or “he’s safe”?

That’s a pretty simple classification problem that AI solved years ago.

And that’s just with broadcast cameras, let alone all the data we get from the Hawkeye cameras statcast uses.
 
I still feel we need the human element with umpires on the field. But we should be using the tech elements to perfect the calls.

Replay for boundary calls and challenges is a good thing. A robo ump to call balls and strikes is a good thing. It defines a strike zone and sticks to it. You wouldn't have the inconsistency that a human umpire can have from one inning to the next.
 
bravesfanforlife88 said:
I still feel we need the human element with umpires on the field. But we should be using the tech elements to perfect the calls.

Replay for boundary calls and challenges is a good thing. A robo ump to call balls and strikes is a good thing. It defines a strike zone and sticks to it. You wouldn't have the inconsistency that a human umpire can have from one inning to the next.
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You still need an umpire to manage the game and interpret rules. But 99% of what umpires do (out/safe, fair/foul, ball/strike, check swing, HBP) all would be immensely improved with AI.
 
Face it. Our frustration with the ump in this game is magnified because the few bad calls he had gifted Soto a walk and a hit (to break up a no-hitter) when he should have been struck out in both AB’s.

We are defending Strider, who may have been cost the opportunity to pitch one more inning by those few bad calls.

While it was not a bad job overall, the errors were one sided and glaring. Such is the life of an Umpire.
 
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