Morning Hot Reads: Domo Arigato?

The AKRON BEACON JOURNAL writes robotic umpires "should be the next big change for MLB." The prospect of a "more perfectly called game" is an "element that is needed." And it "isn't in anger or disappointment with today's umpires, who by all accounts do about as good of a job as any non-perfect human could." It is "simply a realization that as long as the technology is proven to work and is now available, it's an avenue toward a more accurate result." And it is "admitting that the human element will, at some degree, decrease the accuracy of balls and strikes."

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