How Major League Baseball’s Automated Ball-Strike System Will Change the Game in 2026
For more than 100 years, baseball has prided itself on being a game of human judgment – a sport in which umpires, not machines, call the strike zone. That’s about to change. Beginning in 2026, Major League Baseball (MLB) will officially introduce the use of an automated ball-strike system, commonly known as “robot umpires.” The […]
Revisiting the Posey Play OR Getting the Umpire out of his Comfort Zone!
This article was written by Ronni Redmond from the blog, “Garlic Fries and Baseball: Baseball Odds and Ends” and was originally posted there on 2/23/2012. The only reason I’m bringing this up again is because Calcaterra over at Hardball Talk said Posey was told to “stop” blocking the plate. This implies that Posey “was” blocking the […]
