Ben Zobrist ejected after telling ump players want electronic strike zone

CHICAGO -- Chicago Cubs veteran Ben Zobrist made the most of his first career ejection after telling plate umpire Phil Cuzzi that players would prefer robot umpires late in Tuesday's 7-0 loss to the Milwaukee Brewers.

Zobrist had been called out on a pitch that looked wide of the zone earlier in the game.

"I basically said, 'That's why we want an electronic strike zone,'" Zobrist explained afterward. "That's what obviously got me tossed. I'm not going to lie. I think he was going toss me anyway, before I said that, just because I wouldn't go away."

Zobrist and Cuzzi talked calmly near home plate between the eighth and ninth innings before Zobrist was kicked out. He indicated Cuzzi wanted no…