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Cincinnati Reds slugger Eugenio Suárez didn't like what he saw when a pitch he was thrown in the sixth inning was called a strike in a game earlier this season.
INDIANAPOLIS — Joey Crawford, one of the most polarizing NBA referees during his lengthy stint in the league, said the new challenge systems across sports are good because they hold officials accountable.
Connacht have beaten URC rivals Hollywood Sharks in the Challenge Cup to reach the quarter-finals.
Gillingham manager Gareth Ainsworth has challenged his players to match his own intensity on the pitch.
Major League Baseball implemented the ABS challenge system for the 2026 season, which allows players to challenge a ball or strike call made by the plate umpire. Each team receives two challenges to start the game, and only batters, pitchers and catchers can challenge a call. If a team wins a challenge, it can keep challenging. If a team challenges incorrectly twice, it loses its challenges for the rest of the game.
Now that we have a sense of how the Automated Ball-Strike (ABS) Challenge System is used in an MLB game, what are our initial impressions?
Just like with the pitch clock, the advent of robot umpires did not break Major League Baseball. The automated ball-strike system (ABS) debuted in the major leagues Wednesday after years of testing in the minor leagues, and in the 47 games since, exactly 94 calls have been overturned. Some were egregious, others by literal millimeters. The general consensus, based on in-stadium fan reaction and seamless integration into television broadcasts: Not only does ABS work, it makes the game better.
SEATTLE — The New York Yankees won all five of their challenges utilizing the Automated Ball-Strike System during Monday night's 2-1 loss to the Seattle Mariners.