Sports on TV for Tuesday, June 10
Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts
Tuesday, June 10
MLB BASEBALL
7:30 p.m.
TBS — N.Y. Yankees at Kansas City
10:30 p.m.
MLBN — Regional Coverage: Seattle at Arizona (9:40 p.m.) OR L.A. Dodgers at San Diego (9:40 p.m.)
SOCCER (MEN'S)
11:50 a.m.
FS2 — International Friendly: Azerbaijan vs. Hungary, Mardakan, Azerbaijan
2:30 p.m.
FS2 — UEFA World Cup Qualifier Group Stage: Netherlands vs. Malta, Group G, Groningen, Netherlands
8 p.m.
TNT — International Friendly: U.S. vs. Switzerland, Nashville, Tenn.
SOFTBALL
8 p.m.
ESPN2 — Athletes Unlimited: Talons vs. Bandits, Rosemont, Ill.
5 a.m.
6 a.m.
TENNIS — s-Hertogenbosch-ATP/WTA, London-WTA, Stuttgart-ATP Early Rounds
5 a.m. (Wednesday)
6 a.m. (Wednesday)
TENNIS — s-Hertogenbosch-ATP/WTA, London-WTA, Stuttgart-ATP Early Rounds
WNBA BASKETBALL
8 p.m.
ESPN — Chicago at New York
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive TV listings provided by LiveSportsOnTV.
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Pauline Eyre still remembers the 'extraordinary feeling' of making her first appearance at Wimbledon aged 21, taking in the noise and the crowds as she marched onto the pristine grass courts, neat and pillowy under her feet. Eyre, however, had no intentions of hitting a serve or swiping at a forehand, nor dreamed of lifting a trophy in two weeks' time. She even calls herself 'a pretty bad junior player' who regularly lost in the first round of local tournaments. But under the looming shadow of Centre Court, she had reached the pinnacle of her vocation as a line judge. That moment, Eyre tells CNN Sports, was 'a great feeling of pride … going out as that team of people so visibly different.' Line judges have long been an iconic and instantly-recognizable facet of Wimbledon, decked out in Ralph Lauren uniforms and often considered the sporting world's best-dressed officials. But as of this year, that tradition has come to an end. Organizers announced in October that an electronic calling system would be introduced at future tournaments, doing away with human line judges. For someone like Eyre, who called the lines at Wimbledon on 16 occasions, the decision marks a sad chapter in the tournament's near 148-year-old history. 'At the end of the day, a tennis match is sport, and sport is about people,' says Eyre. 'And I don't think technology necessarily makes everything better. I don't think it's improving the quality of the line calling because line calling was always excellent. 'It takes away that bit for the players where they need to deal with adversity. If they don't like a call, they can't argue with the technology. … It's about the player who does the best in adversity. You take away the humanity from tennis, you're taking away a lot of what it is: human beings striving against each other and competition.' Line judges, Eyre adds, were 'part of the furniture of the court' at Wimbledon, their uniforms 'so striking and so different to any uniform anywhere else in the world.' But the tournament's shift to electronic line calling (ELC) is in step with the rest of the tennis world. The ATP and WTA Tours have adopted the system, as have the Australian and US Opens. Roland-Garros remains the only grand slam competition using human line judges for 'out' and 'fault' calls. For Wimbledon to follow this trend might not seem like a particularly radical move, but the grass-court grand slam, brimming with history and old-school values, is often viewed as a separate entity to other tournaments, a world unto itself. The decision, according to All England Lawn Tennis Club (AELTC) chief executive Sally Bolton, was made to ensure 'maximum accuracy in our officiating' and to give players 'the same conditions' as for most other events on tour. 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And after her first-round match on Court 8, located in one of the busiest parts of the grounds, China's Yuan Yue said that the automated calls were sometimes too quiet to hear. From observing other tournaments, Eyre also thinks that electronic calls aren't always loud enough. Line judges, by contrast, are instructed to shout their calls clearly. 'We had to sell the call: out, definitely, it's out, in one very short, sharp syllable,' says Eyre. 'It did feel a bit odd when they were super calm – it changed the environment, changed the atmosphere.' CNN Sports has contacted Wimbledon organizers for comment on the volume of the electronic line calls. According to Reuters, the tournament's pool of around 300 line judges has been reduced to 80 at this year's event, with those remaining deployed as 'match assistants' who step in should the ELC system fail. 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