When alpine skier Mikaela Shiffrin casually dropped a video showing what she jokingly called her “back abs,” the internet predictably lost its collective mind. The clip shows etched lines and ...

Major League Baseball will be instituting the ABS (Automatic Ball and Strike) challenge system for 2026. Previously used in Spring Training 2025 and throughout the minor leagues over the last several ...

SCOTTSDALE -- Major League Baseball finalized rules for the first year of the automated ball-strike (ABS) challenge system, which will debut on Opening Day this season. Among the latest tweaks, teams ...

The ABS operator sits in the press box at LECOM Park during a spring training game between the Pittsburgh Pirates and Philadelphia Phillies on Friday, Mar. 7, 2025. Major League Baseball is testing an ...

SCOTTSDALE, AZ — Bring on the robots, tap your helmet if you disagree, and tell your analytic department it better preparing be for a whole new wave of research. The automated ball/strike system is ...

Major League Baseball has entered a new era of balls and strikes in 2026. The MLB season will incorporate the automated ball-strike (ABS) challenge system for the first time. It has already been used ...

Earlier this week MLB announced details of the ABS challenge system that will go into effect this season. If you missed it, here’s my article describing all those details. There’s going to be another ...

It’s official: the robot overlords have made it to the major leagues. Back in September, MLB announced that the Automated Ball-Strike (ABS) challenge system would be in place for the 2026 season. More ...

The MLB officially released the rules and guidelines regarding the implementation of the new Automated Ball-Strike (ABS) system for the 2026 season. Major League Baseball made several rule changes ...

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February 17 - Major League Baseball broadcasts no longer will use the strike zone box to indicate where the pitch was a ball or a strike, a move that coincides with the league's implementation of the ...

The change to the strike zone box on MLB TV broadcasts has been implemented in conjunction with the automatic ball-strike challenge system. Mark J. Rebilas / USA Today Fans at home will have a ...