Pages immediately tapped his helmet to signal for a challenge, and for good reason. Tomlinson was nowhere close with the call, and the umpire got to see that mistake right away. Honestly ...
In this year’s baseball spring training, the new Automated Ball-Strike System is helping settle challenges to home plate ...
D uring spring training this year, Major League Baseball used a challenge system for balls and strikes based on ABS (automated ball-strike system). For those unaware, ABS uses a H ...
Major League Baseball is using spring training to test an automated ball-strike system which lets players challenge an umpire ...
After watching home plate umpire Tony Randazzo rule the pitch a ball, Poteet quickly tapped his head to signal for a challenge, triggering an immediate review using MLB’s automated ball-strike ...
In early testing, umpires wore ear buds and would hear “ball” or “strike,” then relay that to players and fans with traditional hand signals. The challenge system adds a wrinkle.