Who said robot umpires would make the game less controversial?

Former Mets pitcher Frank Viola didn’t take long to inject some fury into the new era of the Atlantic League, which now has its home plate umpires using an earbud to have Trackman assist them in calling balls and strikes.

That didn’t stop Viola, a pitching coach for the High Point Rockers, from going off on an umpire in the first inning of the first game with the new system in place for the umpire’s strike zone — or the robot’s strike zone, as it was — and getting ejected.

After home plate ump Tim Detweiler called ball four on a pitch just above the top of the zone, Viola took exception from the dugout. While umpires can overrule Trackman, Detweiler appeared to point to his ear, meaning it was Trackman that called it a ball and not him, as seen on a video from Close Call Sports. That didn’t appease Viola, who could be heard yelling at Detweiler to “do your f–ing job,” which instantly led to his ejection.

Viola then came rushing out of the dugout and threw his clipboard before trying to get a word with Detweiler, though he was held back by other umpires.

“1st time use of trackman with @RockersBaseball at York tonight. Got myself tossed in the 1st,” Viola tweeted. “Problem was was it trackman, or was it human strike zone?! That was problem. Who or what was in charge?? Major problem. Let each team know at all times what’s going on…”