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I agree, frozen yogurt is good.

Psst... your grossly outdated philosophy is showing...

I saw him bunt into a routine fly ball to center once.

Nice play by Altuve, but it brings up the question, why is the neighborhood play a thing? Either you touch the base, or you don't.

Lefty masher.

FO = Firearms Offensive

GS = Gun Show

What is this board's F/OGP? (f***s/Orioles Games Played)

Time for a bean ball.

Jones trying to take Goins out with the Tito Santana flying forearm.

This is how I picture Colabello.

Why is that ball down the line not a reviewable play? I mean, if it's fair, the runners stay where they are. If it's foul, Hardy goes back to first and Machado goes back to bat with a strike.

I am becoming irrationally pissed off at this game. I'm finding myself hoping that Estrada beans someone. Just breathe...

Thanks, All! This is a great discussion. I'm definitely in favor of making the game more accurate/fair, and robo-calls of balls and strikes would definitely do that. Although, I still maintain that having an ump back there ringing the batter up, for example, is important to maintaining the entertainment factor for fans. I like z3r0s suggestion of keeping the ump behind the plate and giving him an earpiece. The union would definitely fight that, and they would argue that it essentially turns umpires into mimics. I know a lot of people on here will say, "who cares? Screw 'em!"; however, if that is the attitude taken by the league, then we won't have any umpires at all and we'll potentially be left with the anticlimactic problem I originally brought up. Or, I suppose the league could replace the umpires with actors. Although, that has the potential to devolve into something pretty cheesy rather quickly. With all of that said, I am wondering how far some people are willing to go with robo-umps. Who is in favor of automating the entire game? For example, having sensors in the bases and the balls in order to determine whether the batter/runner touched the base first or the ball touched the first baseman's glove first. Or, whether the runner tagging from third left the base before the outfielder caught the fly ball or not. Or, whether the ball in the infielders glove touched the runner before the runner touched the base. What do people think of that sort of thing?

Geddy Lee.

I agree with your comment regarding the union. One would think it would be in their best interest to have extremely high standards. I'm sure they do; but, are they high enough? What efforts have gone into improving the skill that is umpiring? Ultimately, I feel that baseball is a human game, so human beings should be officiating it. Human error comes along with that, of course; however, I would like to know what can be done to produce better quality umpires.

I've seen quite a few comments on here regarding the desire to have robot umpires. This is usually a reaction to frustratingly bad calls from umpires behind the plate. I'm not quite sure how I feel about this. On one hand, it would be great to have balls and strikes called consistently throughout the league. On the other hand, however, I wonder if going this route would detract from the entertainment factor of the game. I mean, when someone strikes out looking, would the strike 3 light just come on and the batter just walks away? Would the lack of an umpire ringing the batter up make those moments feel anticlimactic? Would the lack of banter and argument between the umpire, batter, and catcher also make the game less entertaining? As I said, I'm not entirely sure how I feel. I just thought it would make a neat discussion thread, and I am interested in what other people think about how automated umpires would affect the game holistically. Apologies if this thread has already been done and I didn't realize it.

He'll adjust. I wouldn't be surprised to see him go into a funk while he does it though. However, he will adjust; I feel like he's too smart not to. Either way, this is not the time to be worrying too much about Devon Travis.

Ah crap! Nice effort in the 9th. Pineda did pitch a great game. Seriously though, what is the deal with these umps? This one called several "strikes" that were well off the plate against both teams. Does anyone have any idea who is in charge of quality control regarding umpire performance?

This pitching is brutal. Really difficult to watch...

I like the idea of both Wolf and Loup being on the team, what with this being a bilingual country and all.

If the question is if I could only pick one player who would win a fight between the two, I'll take Travis.

Every Dickey start

Please forgive me if this is a stupid question, but, has Pompey been demoted?

Doesn't this apply to every game when Donaldson is in the lineup?