If someone is interested in this issue, I highly recommend an old Ben Lindbergh story from Grantland (he might have said or written something in the meantime, don't know). Not likely to persuade anyone whose mind is set. However I think it has aged well. http://grantland.com/features/ben-lindbergh-possibility-machines-replacing-umpires/ Shorter Lindbergh: We need home plate umpires to call the balls and strikes, but home plate umpires need the technology to do a better job. (or vice versa?) Also, I think we need fewer Jerry Crawfords in MLB (or anywhere else): Twenty minutes after each game, Crawford said, somebody would knock on the umpires room door and hand him a CD with the pitch video on it. "I threw it in the trash," Crawford said. http://www.star-telegram.com/sports/spt-columns-blogs/gil-lebreton/article105378146.html