MLB’s Umpire School Is Adapting to a New Era of Increased Scrutiny
Baseball is full of situations. What gets tricky is when those situations become incidents. This is the language of umpires.
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A Rookie Robot Umpire Takes The Field
In this year’s baseball spring training, the new Automated Ball-Strike System is helping settle challenges to home plate pitch calls.
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Fans loved how MLB's new ABS challenge system exposed the umpire's terrible call in real time
With Andy Pages at the plate for the Dodgers, the outfielder took exception when home plate umpire Nate Tomlinson rung him up for a bases-loaded strikeout. Pages immediately tapped his helmet to ...
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Umpire had the best reaction after getting his strike zone call challenged
Veteran MLB umpire Mike Muchlinski went viral on social media for his sense of humor after he got one of his strike zone calls challenged. Muchlinski was the home plate umpire for Tuesday’s ...
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Texas Rangers SP Tyler Mahle slams new ABS challenge system: ‘It’s kind of ridiculous’
Texas Rangers infielder Josh Smith taps his helmet as he motions to home plate umpire John Bacon to initiate a replay challenge of a called third during the third inning of a spring training game ...
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Umpire Mike Muchlinski hilariously made fun of himself after the Padres’ failed ball-strike challenge
That was when we got a great reaction from the home plate umpire. As the videoboard showed that his ball call was correct, Muchlinski made the announcement as, "The call is surprisingly correct." ...