TAMPA, Fla. – Kevin Cash isn’t worried that manager ejections will become a relic of baseball’s past just because robot umpires have arrived to settle some debates.
“You only get two challenges, right? That can come up in the first inning,” the Tampa Bay Rays manager said.
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FILE – In this Oct. 21, 1976, file photo, New York Yankees manager Billy Martin argues a call with first base ump Bruce Froemming during the fourth game of baseball’s World Series against the Cincinnati Reds at Yankee Stadium in New York.
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FILE – In this Aug. 16, 1979 file photo, Baltimore Orioles manager Earl Weaver argues with third base umpire Steve Palermo, after Palermo ejected him during the second inning of a baseball game against the Kansas City Royals, in Baltimore.
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FILE – New York Yankees manager Aaron Boone, front, reacts after getting ejected by home plate umpire Adam Beck (38) during the eighth inning of a baseball game against the Tampa Bay Rays, April 20, 2025, in Tampa, Fla.
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FILE – Chicago Cubs manager Lou Piniella, right, argues with home plate umpire Ed Rapuano after Jim Edmonds, left, was ejected during the 11th inning of a baseball game against the Milwaukee Brewers at Wrigley Field in Chicago, Sept. 18, 2008.
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