Col sets.

There goes Zimmerman.

Three, two.

Strike free, cold.

And now Robles can't believe it.

He thought it was high.

The Nationals' dugout has exploded.

At Lance Barksdale, the home plate umpire, but the inning is over.

Game six of the World Series is set to be a duel between two of the greatest pitchers

of their generation.

But after a controversial call overshadowed Houston's last win, some are asking,

why are we still relying on human beings to call balls and

strikes anyways? It's Tuesday, October 29th. I'm Mina Kimes, and this is ESPN Daily, presented

by Indeed. Today, we're joined again by ESPN senior writer Jeff Passon, who's covering the World Series.

Jeff, we're going into Game 6. You were in Washington for the last three games, as the Astros came back from being down to zero.

So Game 5 happens. Houston crushes the nationals. And this was the first sentence of your post-game column.

The dawn of the robot umpire is near and it is time. I imagine you writing it in that very dramatic

voice. Jeff, why did you start your story this way? You know, when there's a game like Game 5

and Garrett Cole goes out and throws a gem and the astros hit three home runs

and look like this team that won 107 games during the regular season and is utterly and potentially

historically dominant and everybody is talking about a blown strike call.

That to me says there's something wrong with Major League Baseball right now when you're in the

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