Eventually we will bow to our robot overlords, why not now for baseball?

DENVER – Thursday, home plate umpire Mike Winters made a laughing stock of the first couple of innings between the Colorado Rockies and Washington Nationals.

According to Pitch F/X, he called 10 pitches inside the strike zone as balls for Antonio Senzatela in just the first two innings. After that, the strike zone became a kind of impressionist painting made up more of colors than forms.

It was just the latest example in a long line showing that human beings should not be calling balls and strikes. Is it because they are biased? Is it totally subconscious? Do they really believe that rookies have to “earn” certain calls? Is it because it’s just too damn hard? Take your pick. But the time has…