Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)

How Major League Baseball's new 'robo ump' challenge system works

Major League Baseball is back with a new automated ball-strike system, or ABS. In every ballpark, the precise location of ...
Yahoo! Sports

Roboumps are coming to MLB: The ABS challenge system, explained

MLB home plate umpires missing calls behind the dish is as frustrating an event as any for fans, players and managers to deal with. With that, having an automated balls and strikes (ABS) system in ...

So far, MLB’s highly-riveting ABS is proving to be a good call

Over time, some fans likely will call for “full ABS,” in which the robots make every ball-strike call and the plate umpire is rendered obsolete. Bad idea. The human element is part of what makes the ...