“I hate it. I think it’s stupid.”—Clayton Kershaw, on “robot” umpires



YORK, Pa. — Miles from this world of robots and their newfangled 21st-century strike zone, Clayton Kershaw can see the future — and suddenly, he’s never been a bigger fan of the past.



“Come on,” the Dodgers’ ace says of the prospect of robot umps coming to a big-league park near him. “Is that really a possibility? They’re not really thinking about that. Are they?”



Well … apparently, he hasn’t attended any Atlantic League games lately.



Apparently, he hasn’t seen the humongous Doppler radar dish hanging from the upper deck behind home plate in every park.



Apparently, he hasn’t gotten a look at the electronic-strike-zone crew that now sits in every Atlantic League press box and unpacks an equipment box labeled: “Property of...