“Hope that happens after I die” – Former Chicago White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen on MLB’s robot umpires idea
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The former Chicago White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen lamented the idea of an automated strike zone in the Major League Baseball (MLB). The 58-year-old even went on to say that he thinks robot umps are “the worst thing I’ve ever heard in my life.”
During an interview with TMZ Sports, he went in on the idea when asked about this week about the potential rule change. However, the former MLB star reckoned he has no clue how it’d make the game better.
Notably, the MLB is considering the move down the road, which if implemented, will have automated strike zones for the 2022 Triple-A season.
“MLB did a tremendous job and I criticize when they’re really shitty. Uh, this is the worst thing I have ever heard in my baseball life. When you got to, you know who you go to an argument with, who’s the strike zone is gonna be, how they’re gonna handle it,” Guillen said.
“Whoever came up with this idea, never played the game”
Ozzie further went on to mention that he’ll very vocal if such a rule comes into practice in the League as he doesn’t want anything to happen like that.
He added: “They over abuse the mind. Only kids to have a robot there, they had to hit somebody else. Their strike ball you’re from up there, you can not see Streisand. And I think in Major League Baseball and come up with that, I don’t think that will happen.
I hope not. I hope that happens after I die because I will be very, very vocal about it. And by the way, you’re not showing respect to the umpire. Whoever came up with this idea, never played the game.”
“I love baseball,” the Venezuelan said. “It’s in my veins. I love to compete. I love to be around everything around baseball. It’s something I miss.”
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