What’s a strike? ABS forcing baseball to answer age-old question
After years of testing in the minor leagues and spring training, baseball’s new Automated Ball-Strike challenge system has…
First game-ending robot umpire call gives Suárez first save in 9 years as O’s top Rangers 8-3 | Local Sports
BALTIMORE — The first game-ending call by a so-called robot umpire gave Albert Suárez his first major league…
Tapping, twirling and “T” signs: Sports replays have a language all their own | Sports
Every moment of pretty much any major sporting event can be dissected in high-definition these days, and officials…
Yankees rout Giants 7-0 to open MLB season | Northwest & National News
The New York Yankees crushed the San Francisco Giants 7-0 on Wednesday in the only matchup of Major…
LA Dodgers go for 3-peat as lockout looms
NEW YORK — Baseball is changing at a dizzying speed in 2026 with the arrival of robot umpires,…
Even with robot umpires, MLB managers will find reasons to argue and get ejected | News
TAMPA, Fla. – Kevin Cash isn’t worried that manager ejections will become a relic of baseball’s past just…
Here’s How MLB’s Robot Umpire Challenge System Works
How might challenges impact strategy?  The system has been tested in the minor leagues, as well as last season’s All-Star Game and spring training. During tests, there…
Dominican WBC loss ends on called strike that appeared low, a week before robot umps arrive in MLB | Sports
MIAMI (AP) — Ten days later, the United States and the Dominican Republic would have kept on playing.…
Mlb Abs Challenge System: Why MLB added the ABS challenge system? Disputed fourth pitch in Spring Training shows its importance | MLB News
Why MLB added the ABS challenge system (Image Source: Getty) The adoption of the automated ball-and-strike (ABS) challenge…