MLB to Use ABS Challenge System in Spring Training; Strike Zone Explained in Photos
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What is ABS? How MLB's ball-strike challenge system will work in spring training
ABS is MLB’s name for an automated strike zone — also known as robot umps. In a full ABS game, there will be a human umpire behind the plate, signaling the calls communicated through ABS. We won’t be seeing that full system in action this spring. Instead, teams will have a limited amount of challenges.
MLB to test automated ball-strike challenge system during spring games
Umpires first began calling both balls and strikes way back in 1864, and baseballers have been arguing about those calls ever since. Strike-zone judgment has been the subject of some untold number of verbal (and,
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MLB players can challenge ball and strike calls. The camera-based system is only an experiment for now — but it has the baseball world wondering where to draw the line with technology.
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Rays Catcher Boldly Challenges Umpire's Call Way Out of Strike Zone
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The Padres were testing the automated strike zone during live batting practice and it's so cool
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Automated strike zone could benefit Astros’ Yainer Diaz and Isaac Paredes
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