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  1. Major League Baseball has rolled out its Automated Ball/Strike System aka Robo- Umps this season. (Robot umpires have been tested in the minor leagues since 2019)

    The roll out also includes a Challenge system where the human umpire makes each call, which can be appealed to the computer.

    Each team has the ability to challenge two calls per game. Only a batter, pitcher or catcher may challenge a call, and a challenge must be made within 2 seconds.

    A graphic of the pitch and strike zone is shown on the scoreboard and sent to the TV broadcast feed. sports.yahoo.com/articles/robo #MLB #BaseBall #RoboUmp #Umpires #Cameras #StrikeZone #ABS #Automation #AI

  2. ⚾️ NEW: You can't spell "ABS" without a little "BS" at the end. If all Earl Weaver has to do to win an argument is kick a plug out of the wall, is it really baseball? An ex-#MLB ump in Colorado weighs in on automated balls/strikes, via The @DenverPost: 👇

    denverpost.com/2026/03/26/majo

    #MLB #baseball #MajorLeagueBaseball #mlbnews #theshow #OpeningDay #OpeningDay2026 #Rockies #Colorado #ColoradoRockies #pitching #MLBumpires #umpires #ABS #AI #artificialintelligence #sports #news

  3. Bruce Froemming, longtime MLB umpire, dead at 86

    Longtime MLB umpire Bruce Froemming, who worked the third-most games in league history and a record 11 no-hitters,…
    #NewsBeep #News #MLB #AlexRodriguez #AU #Australia #billymartin #ChicagoCubs #GeorgeSteinbrenner #NewYorkYankees #sports #umpires
    newsbeep.com/au/507473/

  4. Bruce Froemming, longtime MLB umpire, dead at 86

    Longtime MLB umpire Bruce Froemming, who worked the third-most games in league history and a record 11 no-hitters,…
    #NewsBeep #News #MLB #alexrodriguez #billymartin #CA #Canada #ChicagoCubs #GeorgeSteinbrenner #NewYorkYankees #Sports #umpires
    newsbeep.com/ca/502275/

  5. You know who’s having trouble with the pitch clock? It’s not #pitchers. Or #hitters. Or #umpires. It’s the “color” guys on local #radio broadcasts. They’re so used to a specific pace for the game that allows them to tell their stories and offer their analysis. They cannot keep up with this new pace. I don’t know whether TV is better. My team doesn’t do #SpringTraining and YouTube TV doesn’t carry the MLB Network anymore. #Baseball