Sports, in many ways, are about humans’ imperfect pursuit of perfection. Every athlete would love to shoot 100% from the free ...

A challenge system for balls and strikes at the Triple-A level has gotten a thumbs up from Rays players and coaches.

Major League Baseball is experimenting with robot umpires. Can automated batters be far behind?

Major League Baseball’s Automatic Ball-Strike Challenge System (ABS) will be used in eight Atlanta Braves games this spring.

The batter, pitcher or catcher simply tap their helmet or cap to challenge — but they only have two seconds. If they ...

Major League Baseball is back. And the robots have arrived. The defending World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers opened Spring Training Thursday at Camelback Ranch in Glendale, Arizona, when they ...

It took just one inning for the Chicago Cubs right-hander to be the first player to successfully challenge a ball-strike call ...

Robot umpires have arrived in the big leagues, at least in exhibition games. The Cubs and World Series champion Dodgers ...

COMING SOON: The Automated Ball-Strike Challenge System (ABS) presented by @TMobile will be used during Spring Training games ...

Chicago Cubs pitcher Cody Poteet believed the 95 mph fastball he threw to Los Angeles Dodgers slugger Max Muncy was in the ...

MLB players can challenge ball and strike calls. The camera-based system is only an experiment for now — but it has the ...