Science Friday16h
A Rookie Robot Umpire Takes The Field
In this year’s baseball spring training, the new Automated Ball-Strike System is helping settle challenges to home plate ...
USA Today18h
What is ABS? Explaining MLB spring training challenge system
MLB's latest venture appears to be taking more of the human element out of the game, with a test run of an automatic balls and strikes (ABS) challenge system put in during 2025 spring training.
Apexel 36X lens kit review: give your smartphone a monster telephoto reach
The Apexel 36X Telephoto Lens Kit opens up a wide range of new subjects to the smartphone user, making it a useful purchase ...
The Indianapolis Star15d
ABS challenge system early hit as it makes MLB debut in Dodgers-Cubs spring training game
History was made Thursday with the first use of the automated ball-strike challenge system during the spring training game between the Cubs and Dodgers in front of 10,959 fans at Camelback Ranch.
USA Today16d
Umpire Mike Muchlinski hilariously made fun of himself after the Padres’ failed ball-strike challenge
While MLB's ABS challenge system (automated balls and strikes ... As the videoboard showed that his ball call was correct, Muchlinski made the announcement as, "The call is surprisingly correct." ...
How do Detroit Tigers like ABS challenge system? 'I think it's coming to the big leagues'
The ABS challenge system is being tested during spring training games in 2025 and could be a new rule in MLB when the 2026 season rolls around.
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Max Scherzer blasts MLB’s ball-strike challenge system: ‘Can we just be judged by humans?’
Replay technology has been part of Major League Baseball for over 15 years ago now, but the league’s ball-strike challenge experiment is a step too far for one future Hall of Famer. Max Scherzer, ...