I mentioned the April 24 incident between Kyle Schwarber and umpire Angel Hernandez in Philadelphia after Hernandez called Schwarber out on strikes on a terrible call in my former Cubs update article earlier today.
That wasn’t the only terrible call Hernandez made that night:
Many fans have been calling for “robot umpires,” which more accurately should be called the “automated strike zone.” Here are some results from the latest SB Nation Reacts survey of fans around the SB Nation MLB network:
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Honestly, I’m a bit surprised that the national survey was just over half of fans voting that umpires are worse now than previously, and about that many would support the automated strike zone.