From the first-ever ABS challenge to the first ejection involving an ABS challenge, here are all of MLB's firsts involving the new balls-and-strikes arbiter. There’s a first time for everything, but ...
MLB’s new automated ball-strike (ABS) challenge system made a dramatic regular-season debut, culminating in the first ‘robo-ejection’ during the Orioles-Twins game. The ninth-inning reversal of a walk ...
Wednesday night in the Bronx was anything but ordinary. The New York Yankees were up 2-0 against the Athletics when pitching coach Matt Blake was shown the door by home plate umpire Carlos Torres. The ...