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Coming to college baseball?

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As MLB's 'robo-ump' experiment unfolds, Atlantic League feeling the benefit – and downside – of an automated strike zone

Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY @ 12:33 p.m. ET Aug. 19, 2019

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/m ... 038459001/


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Pardon my French, but how in the hell do you "steal first base?"
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Atlantic League batter steals first base for first time in pro baseball history

Yahoo Sports - Jul 13, 2019 10:13 PM

https://sports.yahoo.com/atlantic-leagu ... 26652.html

Any pitch on any count not caught in flight will be considered a live ball, and a batter may run to first base, similar to a dropped third strike.
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I don't see robo-umps in college baseball anytime soon. There are just way too many college baseball stadiums to set up an expensive system like that in all of them. I am not even sure it will make it to MLB without a lot more experimentation and better technology.
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