Technology Is Coming for Baseball’s Strike Zone. Just Don’t Call It a Robo-Ump
How MLB created a so-called robo-ump system that uses cameras and computers to call balls and strikes and how players are ...
This sport’s robot revolution has begun
Sports, in many ways, are about humans’ imperfect pursuit of perfection. Every athlete would love to shoot 100% from the free ...
Terry Francona telling Reds veterans they can ignore MLB’s ball-strike challenge experiment
Reds manager Terry Francona doesn’t see the point of asking his veteran players to utilize the experimental ABS system during ...
Cardinals using spring games to strategize review of called balls and strikes
That Crooks, rather than his pitchers, would be the one to challenge a call on the defensive side of the ball is no accident.
MLB’s Automated Ball-Strike Challenge System to be used in 8 Braves spring training games
Major League Baseball’s Automatic Ball-Strike Challenge System (ABS) will be used in eight Atlanta Braves games this spring.
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Dodgers Spring Training: Cody Poteet Uses 1st Test Of ABS Challenge System Against Max Muncy
The Los Angeles Dodgers and Chicago Cubs met on Thursday for the first matchup of Spring Training, with the visiting Cubs ...
Hello, robo-umps. Cardinals to challenge early (and often?) in 1st look at automated K zone
As the St. Louis Cardinals open Grapefruit League play vs. Miami, they'll play their first of 24 games this spring with the ...
WATCH: Chicago Cubs Pitcher Makes History With ABS Challenge in Spring Training Game
The Chicago Cubs kicked off their exhibition schedule on Thursday against the defending World Series champion Los Angeles ...
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Explaining spring training's ABS system after Max Muncy’s first at-bat for Dodgers
The Dodgers opened spring training on Thursday afternoon with a matchup against the Cubs, and something weird happened in the ...
Rise of the Robots: MLB’s Automated Ball-Strike System Flawless in Spring Debut
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 ...
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Paul Sullivan: Justin Turner’s arrival at Cubs camp takes center stage. ‘We intend on being good this year.’
Paul Sullivan: Justin Turner’s arrival at Cubs camp takes center stage. ‘We intend on being good this year.’ Newly signed ...
Dodgers get first look at MLB’s automated ball/strike challenge system: ‘Don’t hate the idea’
There are no immediate plans to introduce the system in regular-season games yet. Questions remain about how large a role it ...