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Angel Hernandez ‘retired.’ Good. Now bring on the robots and protect sports’ integrity.

With sports betting legal, leagues can't afford to have a result be perceived as illegitimate because of an official’s obvious mistake.

The Phillies' Kyle Schwarber argues with home plate umpire Angel Hernandez after he was called out on strikes in the ninth inning of the Milwaukee Brewers game at Citizens Bank Park in Phila., Pa. on April 24, 2022.
The Phillies' Kyle Schwarber argues with home plate umpire Angel Hernandez after he was called out on strikes in the ninth inning of the Milwaukee Brewers game at Citizens Bank Park in Phila., Pa. on April 24, 2022.Read moreELIZABETH ROBERTSON / Staff Photographer
    by Mike Sielski | Columnist
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