From the first-ever ABS challenge to the first ejection involving an ABS challenge, here are all of MLB's firsts involving the new balls-and-strikes arbiter. There’s a first time for everything, but ...
MLB’s new automated ball-strike (ABS) challenge system made a dramatic regular-season debut, culminating in the first ‘robo-ejection’ during the Orioles-Twins game. The ninth-inning reversal of a walk ...
Wednesday night in the Bronx was anything but ordinary. The New York Yankees were up 2-0 against the Athletics when pitching coach Matt Blake was shown the door by home plate umpire Carlos Torres. The ...
Balls and strikes are now reviewable in baseball, and that has added some drama to the first few days of the season. You might think that with a limited number of challenges per game — and technology ...