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What did we learn from watching the robot umps — and talking to people throughout the game about ABS — this spring? Let's discuss!
Baseball umpires have been calling balls and strikes since soon after the game was invented in the mid-19th century. Nearly 160 years later, those umpires will finally get some help –– at least during ...
After spring training wraps this week, MLB’s competition committee will begin collecting data from players, coaches, and ...
The umpire then announces the updated ... that calls balls and strikes is being tested during Major League Baseball spring training exhibition games starting Thursday after four years of ...
I bring all of this up because in addition to the new rules in baseball, like the pitch clock, the ghost runner, and extra innings, now, comes another wrinkle, the AI umpire. In some spring training ...
Former Hofstra softball star Jen Pawol ... became the first woman since Ria Cortesio in 2007 to umpire a major-league spring training game. Pawol, who is 48, spent 2024 as a crew chief in Triple ...
During Tuesday's Cactus League game between the Angels and Rangers, outfielder Wyatt Langford hit a slow, bouncing grounder ...
Artificial intelligence is everywhere these days and now that includes Major League Baseball. The league is testing new robot umpires during spring training in the form of an automated ball-strike ...
NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball will test robot umpires as part of a challenge system during spring training at 13 ballparks hosting 19 teams, which could lead to regular-season use in 2026. MLB ...
Major League Baseball is currently testing a robot umpire system, allowing players to challenge balls and strikes during games. Federal judge rules Trump administration has to pay millions in ...