Baseball was largely unchanged for more than a century — now MLB is trying to shake things up
The sport has seen a flurry of rule adjustments in just the past decade and a half, with more on the horizon. America's ...
Technology Difficulties Shows Potential Pitfall Of MLB’s Automatic Strike Zone
For years, fans have wanted an automatic strike zone in Major League Baseball. They're simply sick and tired of missed calls ...
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The automated strike zone appeal went well in spring training, according to umpire Chris Conroy
Conroy is entering his third year as a crew chief and has been a Major League umpire for 13 1/2 seasons. He had home plate ...
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What we learned from MLB’s spring robot-umpire test: Players, managers, execs weigh in
That might depend on the answer to our next question … For almost 150 years, that has been the question that defined baseball. Hasn’t it? It all starts with the strike zone. Too bad the strike ...
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A spring training’s worth of the automated ball-strike challenge system: Are robot umps coming to MLB?
which he thought was below the strike zone. The outfielder immediately tapped his helmet and started heading for first. To any baseball fans who haven’t been watching this season’s spring ...
Dodgers overcome rough outing by Roki Sasaki to sweep Tigers for 5-0 start
Sasaki lasts just 1⅔ innings in his home debut, but the Dodgers’ offense responds as Teoscar Hernandez’s tiebreaking double ...