How Dodgers Are Handling MLB’s Automatic Ball-Strike Challenge System
This spring training, the Los Angeles Dodgers got their first taste of MLB’s automated ball-strike challenge system, a new feature being tested to improve the accuracy of umpire calls.
Why ball-strike challenges decided by MLB robo umps are the start of something good
You’re going to love the robo ump. It’s here. It debuted Thursday in the first MLB spring training game. Nobody cried, nobody died. It’s fast, it’s easy, it works. Baseball has thrown some extra ...
You are Shotgun Cop Man, and you shoot your guns to jump
Not so in Shotgun Cop Man. Shooting to jump is the concept this entire game revolves around, and it’s exploited with great ...
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Dodgers and Cubs get first look at automated ball-strike challenges
The Automated Ball-Strike System (ABS) challenge got its first test run in big league Spring Training on Thursday afternoon, ...
MLB's automated ball-strike system explained as spring training games kick off with robo-ump challenges
This spring training will introduce a new element to the action: for the first time, MLB will employ the automated ball-strike system (ABS for short) during big-league contests. ABS is, for those ...
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MLB to test automated ball-strike challenge system during spring games
Umpires first began calling both balls and strikes way back in 1864, and baseballers have been arguing about those calls ever ...