Cubs second baseman Jon Berti (5) is forced out at second base by Dodgers second baseman Tommy Edman (25) on a fielder’s choice grounder from designated hitter Seiya Suzuki in the sixth inning at the ...

Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred is an advocate of the Automated Ball-Strike System, which potentially as early as 2026 could be used to aid MLB home plate umpires, but not replace them.

Ashley Landis/AP Photos Share GLENDALE ... Poteet challenged home plate umpire Tony Randazzo’s ball call on an 0-1 pitch to Max Muncy by patting his hat twice and then turned to watch the ...

The ABS system features a strike zone that is seventeen inches wide—the width of home plate—and it stretches ... ruling at the discretion of the umpire. They have the ability to call a ball ...

Frank “Ping” Bodie joined the Vallejo Giants, an amateur Inter-County League team known to most fans as the Vallejos, in 1906 ...

Stadiums are outfitted with cameras that track each pitch and judge whether it crossed home plate within the strike zone. In early testing, umpires wore ... 2025 9:17 AM iN PHOTOS: A snowy ...

New York Yankees infielder Jazz Chisholm made a totally disrespectful move toward a home plate umpire in Tuesday's spring training game, but he managed to ...

Home Plate Umpire Brian Walsh uses an earpiece to hear the electronic notification as to weather a pitch was a ball or a strike by the ABS system during a AAA minor league baseball game.