Spring training is a place where players can work out some rust and get ready for the long season ahead. But they aren't the ...

It didn't take long for the ABS system to prove human umpires wrong during MLB's first spring training game of 2025. What if I told you there was once a day when human umpires ruled all? It didn't ...

The Tigers went on to win the game 7-2. There are many examples of "The Ump Show" that will get fans' blood boiling. For Nationals fans, this ejection of Thomas for glancing at Jimenez after ...

PHOENIX — The robo ump could kill K-Zone. On Thursday, Major League Baseball will employ what it calls the automated ball-strike system, or ABS, in a big-league spring training game for the ...

he watched the ball sail out of the park while very slowly making his way toward first base. The home plate ump wasn't a huge fan of that, as he quickly told Clark to get on his way.

It can even, some hitters contend, change based on whether an ump likes them or not. Anyone who’s ever thrown a pitch or swung a bat knows that the umpire decides in the end — and those ...

Thursday's Cactus League opener, a 12-4 Cubs win, saw the first use of an automated ball-strike challenge system, commonly known as a "robot ump," between MLB teams. The Cubs used the challenge ...

Major League Baseball's exhibition season gets underway Thursday afternoon, when the Chicago Cubs and Los Angeles Dodgers open up the Cactus League. (Grapefruit League action commences Friday.

Major League Baseball is trying something new this spring as they're allowing teams to challenge two ball and strike calls per game with the ABS challenge system. Players, managers and fans have ...

The University of Mpumalanga (UMP) recently launched the Eastern Cape Alumni Chapter. This marked a significant milestone in ...

Research-based insights and collaboration on finding solutions to Africa’s most urgent challenges will be at the heart of the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC)’s 19th Africa Young Graduates and ...