ABS challenge system used in spring training could become MLB ready as early as next season
After spring training wraps up next week, MLB’s competition committee will begin collecting data from players, coaches, and ...
Pros and cons of MLB's robo-ump experiment: How ABS system worked during spring training debut
D uring spring training this year, Major League Baseball used a challenge system for balls and strikes based on ABS (automated ball-strike system). For those unaware, ABS uses a H ...
Robot umps? Cardinals test out automated ball-strike system in spring training
One big change for the St. Louis Cardinals' spring training experience this year is the arrival of an automated ball-strike system (ABS), unofficially known by some as robot umpires.
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San Francisco Giants
He acknowledged that technology is advantageous and the game needs to adapt accordingly, but also reminisced on studying an ...
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Chief Justice Roberts Calls Out Trump
Nobody ever went to a ball game to see the umpire,’ eh? President Trump greets Chief Justice Roberts ahead of his address to ...
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A Rookie Robot Umpire Takes The Field
In some spring training games, baseball has been testing a robotic system to verify calls made by the home plate’s umpire. Was it a ball? Was it a strike? Well, here to explain the tech and how it ...
AZ Central29 天
MLB spring training 2025 features robot umpires, automated ball-strike testing, challenges
while the strike zone called by human umpires tends to be oval in shape. Umpires will call every pitch at spring training, but teams can challenge two calls per game in venues that have the ...
St. Louis Post-Dispatch29 天
Robot umpires getting first spring training test
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 ...
East Bay Times13 天
‘I’m not a fan’: SF Giants share mixed feelings on automatic ball-strike system
He acknowledged that technology is advantageous and the game needs to adapt accordingly, but also reminisced on studying an ...
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Robot umpires are getting their first MLB test during spring training
A computerized system that calls balls and strikes is being tested during Major League Baseball spring training exhibition games starting Thursday after four years of experiments in the minor ...
The Denver Post29 天
Robot umpires are getting their first MLB test during spring training
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.
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Umpire had the best reaction after getting his strike zone call challenged
Veteran MLB umpire Mike Muchlinski went viral on social media for his sense of humor after he got one of his strike zone calls challenged. Muchlinski was the home plate umpire for Tuesday’s ...