{"id":646662,"date":"2026-03-27T14:25:14","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T14:25:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/646662\/"},"modified":"2026-03-27T14:25:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T14:25:14","slug":"mets-pirates-features-first-successful-abs-challenge-in-mlb-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/646662\/","title":{"rendered":"Mets-Pirates features first successful ABS challenge in MLB history"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yahoo Sports Daily hosts Jason Fitz and Caroline Fenton react to the first successful automated ball-strike (ABS) challenge in the New York Mets vs. Pittsburgh Pirates game. Watch the full episode of Yahoo Sports Daily on YouTube<\/a> or YahooSports.TV<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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But Francisco Alvarez executed the first successful, we saw one in that Giants-Yankees game, unsuccessful, but the first successful ABS challenge in Major League Baseball history by overturning a ball to strike three pivotal call that was absolutely crucial for the Mets.<\/p>\n

My first pitch to you is more robot refs in sports the better.<\/p>\n

Take a rake.<\/p>\n

Oh, oh yeah.<\/p>\n

look, I’m, I’m tapping the head all day on this.<\/p>\n

I want everything to do with this.<\/p>\n

I am raking this thing over center field, and I am just lollygagging.<\/p>\n

I’m robot cartwheeling all the way to home plate with this take.<\/p>\n

Like, I don’t want human, umps at all.<\/p>\n

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Like, I don’t want a human element of the game from any official.<\/p>\n

In fact, if you eliminated all human elements of all officials in every game, it’d be fine with me.<\/p>\n

I’m that guy.<\/p>\n

Let me be very clear.<\/p>\n

Like, when I, I live in Connecticut where they’re now, putting forth legislation that would put cameras all over the highways to get all the speeders, and they’re just automatically gonna send you tickets.<\/p>\n

I support this.<\/p>\n

I want more automation of everything in my life.<\/p>\n

I want cameras on every traffic light so that any time somebody runs a red light, boom, you just get sent a ticket, right?<\/p>\n

Like, I want automation of everything in these situations.<\/p>\n

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So if you can eliminate the human element of missing a call, why would you not do it?<\/p>\n

If you can put chips in footballs to automatically spot first downs, why would you not do it?<\/p>\n

I want robot umps, I want robot refs, I want robot concessions, I want robot everything.<\/p>\n

Just give it to me.<\/p>\n

If you can take out the human element and the opportunity for mistakes, like as you mentioned, Caroline, in all seriousness here, that was a key call that would’ve been wrong that could’ve changed the outcome of the game.<\/p>\n

Why would I not want to correct key calls that could be wrong, that could change the outcomes of games?<\/p>\n

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So frankly, I want umps that are robots.<\/p>\n

I want them fully built like robots, and I would like for them to celebrate with tremendous personality so that we can fall in love with certain robots as they call you o- out.<\/p>\n

Like, I just love the concept of somebody wanting to yell and scream at a robot for calling a strike or a ball.<\/p>\n

Nothing you can do.<\/p>\n

The robot’s right, you’re not.<\/p>\n

It eliminates the yelling, it eliminates the screaming, and it eliminates the bad calls.<\/p>\n

Give it to me.<\/p>\n

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