Umpires first began calling both balls and strikes way back in 1864, and baseballers have been arguing about those calls ever ...

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A future Hall of Fame pitcher admits the incursion of legalized gambling in baseball was a factor in the players' decision to ...

One big change for the St. Louis Cardinals' spring training experience this year is the arrival of an automated ball-strike ...

Major League Baseball is experimenting with the ABS challenge system during spring training in 2025, but there are currently ...

Kirby Lee-Imagn Images In February, Major League Baseball fired umpire ... "egregious" ball and strike calls, rather than to get every home plate umpire's strike zone to conform to Hawk-Eye.

Major League Baseball is testing a new system that allows players to challenge a home plate umpire's call. The automated ball-strike system (ABS) has been used for minor league games, but it's ...

Last spring the 48-year-old Pawol, who attended umpire school in 2015 and began umpiring in the minors in 2016, became the ...

As technology infiltrates, overtakes, and promises to improve every aspect of our lives, the sports world is not immune. Just ...