Baseball was largely unchanged for more than a century — now MLB is trying to shake things up
The sport has seen a flurry of rule adjustments in just the past decade and a half, with more on the horizon. America's ...
MLB Player Calls Out ABS Robot-Umpire amid Rule Changes: 'This Is Not Tennis'
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Life Isn’t Fair. Why Should The Strike Zone Be?
In the bottom of the fifth of Sunday’s Braves-Padres contest, Atlanta pitcher José Suarez and his catcher Chadwick Tromp ...
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A Rookie Robot Umpire Takes The Field
DAVY ANDREWS: Absolutely. The rule book strike zone, which is the one even now in spring training that umpires are calling, is the area over home plate, which is pentagonal, and it’s between the ...
Technology Difficulties Shows Potential Pitfall Of MLB’s Automatic Strike Zone
For years, fans have wanted an automatic strike zone in Major League Baseball. They're simply sick and tired of missed calls ...
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The automated strike zone appeal went well in spring training, according to umpire Chris Conroy
Conroy is entering his third year as a crew chief and has been a Major League umpire for 13 1/2 seasons. He had home plate ...
Five Red Sox lineup regulars a combined 5-for-82 with 0 extra-base hits
Devers, Story, Rafaela, Casas and Wong are a combined 5-for-82 with no extra-base hits. Rafaela showed better plate ...
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Red Sox shortstop Trevor Story struggles out of the gate to produce at the plate
Perhaps more significantly, Story has been chasing pitches all over — and outside — the strike zone, a pattern that ... out 14 times with no walks in 47 plate appearances.