“It’s the human element”: No. 99 Aaron Judge exhibiting sportsmanship with his notion blameless robot umpires
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Aaron Judge, the 6’ 7” outfielder for the New York Yankees, has faced more inconsistent strike zone calls than any other player in the Major League as of now. With Major League Baseball moving toward acceptance of a robotically-called strike zone in the years to come. Despite this, the proposal is not universally popular several players.
Aaron Judge is a man that towers over the catcher and umpires, which makes calling balls and strikes against him very much more difficult. Apart from him, many of the New York Yankees’ slugger have faced similar issues, they have been penalized on low strikes that would otherwise be easy calls for umpires for more average sized players.
The subject matter rushed into the conversation involving Aaron Judge as it turned relevant after the New York Yankees’ loss to Boston Red Sox. Manager Aaron Boone has been into the headlines more often lately as he has been ejected for arguing balls and strikes, and was furious over low strikes consistently being called against Judge.
Aaron Judge puts forward his frame of mind with regards to Robot-Umpiring
“No, I just think we’ve got to get better. If there’s an issue with balls and strikes, just get guys that do a better job calling balls and strikes. I think it’s plain and simple like that. I don’t think we need to do the automated strike zone. I think the umpires do a great job as it is,” said Aaron Judge.
Major League Baseball is the highest level a player can reach when it comes to being a baseballer. You would imagine that the highest level of a sport must have the most accurate umpires, umpires with more experience or with far more accurate strike zone awareness than the ones currently handling the games today.
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“That’s part of the game. It’s the human element. So, I think you’ve got to keep the umpires,” Aaron Judge continued.
Aaron Judge did make himself certain when it comes to character as he did not wish to take away the jobs of the umpires in return of the horrendous strike calls he has been acquiring.
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