Robot umpires are no longer science fiction. MLB announced Tuesday that its 11-man competition committee has approved the use of the Automated Ball/Strike System (ABS) in the big leagues starting in ...

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One bad call can change everything. The Philadelphia Phillies learned that in a tough way in Game 4 of the NLDS. Home plate umpire Mark Wegner missed an important strike call, leaving fans at Citizens ...

The 2025 MLB season was an extremely difficult one for umpires, with social media and websites such as Umpire Scorecards regularly holding officiating crews accountable for poor — and often egregious ...

Major League Baseball’s decision to allow teams the opportunity to call for an automated review of an umpire’s ball and strike calls next season makes good sense. To those, such as Finnegan Schick, ...

The Dodgers and Blue Jays entered Game 3 of the World Series tied 1-1 after splitting the first two games in Toronto. Dodgers ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — In a surprising twist that baseball purists might never have predicted, many Major League Baseball umpires have gone from resisting automated strike zones to actively embracing them.

Major League Baseball will make its initial foray next season into “robot umpires,” a rather hilarious term that conjures up images of Star Wars droids barking out ball and strike calls but is in ...

MLB umpires have received huge criticism over the past couple of years. Several blown calls in crucial games have led to frustration and disappointment. The league actively plans to implement the ABS ...

In a sport where inches define glory and heartbreak, some men behind the plate seem to redefine chaos instead of enforcing rules. Their strike zones wobble like weather vanes, calls vanish into thin ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. NEW YORK — Robot umpires are getting called up to the big leagues next season. Major League ...

We have our first disputed call of the 2025 World Series, a strike signal that created a mess on the bases for the Blue Jays.