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TAMPA, Fla. \u2013 Kevin Cash isn’t worried that manager ejections will become a relic of baseball’s past just because robot umpires have arrived<\/a> to settle some debates.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou only get two challenges, right? That can come up in the first inning,\u201d the Tampa Bay Rays manager said.<\/p>\n

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\"ABS-Ejections<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

Uncredited – AP<\/p>\n

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\"ABS-Ejections<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

uncredited – AP<\/p>\n

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\"ABS-Ejections<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

Phelan M. Ebenhack – FR121174 AP<\/p>\n

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\"ABS-Ejections<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

Charles Rex Arbogast – AP<\/p>\n

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