If there’s one thing baseball fans are averse to, it’s change. Over the MLB’s 149-year history, alterations to the game’s ...

He once took over a Babe Ruth team that no other coach wanted because its players were caught smoking and drinking, his ...

Home Plate Umpire Brian Walsh uses an earpiece to hear the electronic notification as to weather a pitch was a ball or a strike by the ABS system during a AAA minor league baseball game.

The automated ball-strike system (ABS) has been used for minor league games, but it's getting rolled out for the first time in the big leagues during spring training.

Major League Baseball fired umpire Pat Hoberg after it was revealed he shared a legal sportsbook account with a professional gambler. Hoberg appeal ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Kansas City Royals catcher Freddy Fermin (34) takes a pitch as home plate umpire Quinn Wolcott (81) calls ...

Royals catcher Freddy Fermin takes a pitch as home plate umpire Quinn Wolcott calls the balls and strikes during a July 28, 2024, game against the Cubs in Kansas City, Mo. TAMPA, Fla. — A computerized ...

A computerized system that calls balls and strikes is being tested during Major League Baseball spring training exhibition ...

Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred is an advocate of the Automated Ball-Strike System, which potentially as early as 2026 could be used to aid MLB home plate umpires, but not replace them. Starting in ...