Atlantic League Deploys First Robotic Umpire

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The independent Atlantic League became the first professional baseball league to allow a computer to call balls and strikes. 

According to ESPN, a “robot umpire” was behind in the ear of plate umpire Brian deBrauwere during the Atlantic League all-star game.  An iPhone in deBrauwere’s pocket relayed the call upon receiving it from a TrackMan computer system, which uses Doppler radar to distinguish balls from strikes.

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