San Rafael Pacifics to host game with automatic umpire

For the first time in baseball history, batters will have zero reasons for complaints with an umpire -- well a human umpire, that is.

The San Rafael Pacifics, an independent baseball team of the Pacific Association of Professional Baseball Clubs, will be making history by having balls and strikes be determined by a computerized video system rather than a human umpire for the first time in a professional baseball game. On July 28 and 29, the Pacifics will partner with Freemont-based, Sportvision Inc., and install a Pitch F/X system for two games.

Both games will be a part of of the Pacifics second annual Pat Tillman Foundation Nights at the ballpark.

Though the balls and strikes will be…