Computer Umpire

Northern California Independent Baseball Teams to Have Computer Call Balls and Strikes

Janie McCauley (AP) | July 28, 2015

A video camera is shown mounted to a light standard in center field before the start of an independent minor league baseball game between the San Rafael Pacifics and Vallejo Admirals Tuesday, July 28, 2015, in San Rafael, Calif. On Tuesday night, the computer system made pitch calls in what is considered to be the first professional game without the umpire making those decisions. Source: http://www.wired.com/2015/07/baseball-game-no-umpire/

No blaming or booing the umpire for a questionable called third strike this week in a Northern California independent league.

The human element that many in baseball appreciate will be absent during an experiment for a pair of games. A computer will call balls and strikes as the home plate umpire handles all of his other regular duties.

<more at http://www.pressdemocrat.com/sports/4267558-181/northern-california-independent-baseball-teams; related link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-ImEgydakw (Published July 30, 2015); and http://www.wired.com/2015/07/baseball-game-no-umpire/ (Don't Freak,But a Computer Ump Just Called a Baseball Game. July 30, 2015>