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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 ...

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 -- 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 ...

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 ...

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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 ...

SCOTTSDALE, Arizona — As you know, at long last MLB players will get the chance to challenge ball-and-strike calls during games beginning this year. Officially called the ABS challenge system, this ...

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