Robot Umpires – hated or celebrated?

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Day 114 Sep 2026

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Robot Umpires

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Publisher	Field dates	n	Question asked	Result as published
The Seton Hall Sports PollAccessed 2026-09-14	5 Mar 2026to 9 Mar 2026	1,536	Q10a: "I look forward to seeing the ABS system implemented in the 2026 MLB regular season."	22 percent of Americans and 42 percent of MLB fans report they are looking forward to the Automatic Ball Strike (ABS) system's implementation. October 2025 polling found support at 28 percent among Americans and 45 percent among MLB fans, while a March 2025 question found support as high as 34 percent for Americans and 47 percent for MLB fans.
Quinnipiac University PollAccessed 2026-09-14	22 Jun 2025to 24 Jun 2025	1,115	As you may know, robot umpires were tested during Major League Baseball spring training games with an automated ball-strike system with hopes of using them in the games. Do you support or oppose using robot umpires in Major League Baseball games?

Why people split

Enthusiasm for an automated strike zone has fallen as it has come closer to being real. The Seton Hall Sports Poll has put the same statement to Americans three times: in March 2025, 34% of the public and 47% of MLB fans said they were looking forward to the Automated Ball-Strike system; by October 2025 that had slipped to 28% and 45%; by March 2026 it was 22% and 42%. Seton Hall's own reading is that the novelty of the forthcoming system is wearing off. The second thing the numbers show is that this argument runs the opposite way to most technology arguments. The people who watch the most baseball are roughly twice as keen on the machine as the general public, not half as keen. That is why headline figures from general-population polls, like Quinnipiac's 25% support, read much colder than fan sentiment does.

Source: Strong Support for World Baseball Classic and 2026 MLB Season - The Seton Hall Sports Poll. Added 2026-09-14.

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Robot Umpires: 0 counted ballots and no reading yet (a reading is published at 10; 30 days to 14 Sept 2026, open online vote, self-selected, not a poll), hateorcelebrate.com/s/robot-umpires, model v1.0.
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