The knock of the bat, the roar of the crowd, the anxiety in the air—it had all the characteristics of a classic showdown. The ...

The Automated Ball-Strike System (ABS), which uses Hawk-Eye technology was rolled up from the minors into the majors for an ...

What did we learn from watching the robot umps — and talking to people throughout the game about ABS — this spring? Let's discuss!

The New York Yankees’ Jazz Chisholm Jr. showed how to confidently use the still-in-trial Automated Ball-Strike System (ABS) ...

Teams won 52.2% of their ball/strike challenges during the spring training test of robot umpires, and catchers had a markedly ...

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NEW YORK -- Major League Baseball teams won 52.2% of their ball/strike challenges during the spring training test of robot ...

Was the Automated Ball-Strike (ABS) system novel? Yes, though maybe not to Max Scherzer. Effective? According to the data, ...

Baseball is full of situations. What gets tricky is when those situations become incidents. This is the language of umpires.

In the years to come, balls and strikes could be determined by robot umpires, a computerized system that MLB recently tested during spring training games. Stadiums are outfitted with cameras that ...

NEW YORK — Teams won 52.2% of their ball/strike challenges during the spring training test of robot umpires, and catchers had a markedly better success rate than pitchers. Major League Baseball ...