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Robot umps, looming lockout usher in MLB season

The Columbus Telegram 21 Mar 2026
NEW YORKBaseball is changing at a dizzying speed in 2026 with the arrival of robot umpires, the return home of the Tampa Bay Rays and an alphabet soup of networks televising games in perhaps the last season before ... .
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Robot umps, looming lockout usher in season

Kearney Hub 21 Mar 2026
NEW YORKBaseball is changing at a dizzying speed in 2026 with the arrival of robot umpires, the return home of the Tampa Bay Rays and an alphabet soup of networks televising games in perhaps the last season before ... .
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Robot umps, looming lockout usher in 2026 MLB season

Madison 21 Mar 2026
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MLB preview: Robot umps, Dodgers try for three-peat

Observer-Reporter 20 Mar 2026
2, leaving 2027 in limbo ... Send in the robots ... While human umps call every pitch, each team has the ability to challenge two calls per game, retaining the challenge if successful, and has the possibility of at least one more in each extra inning ... 23.
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Test of robot umps moves up to Triple-A

Herald & Review - Decatur 18 Mar 2026
MIAMIMajor League Baseball's experiment of a robot umpire technology system allowing challenges to checked swing calls is moving up from Class A to Triple-A ... .
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Test of robot umps moves to Triple-A

Dispatch Argus 18 Mar 2026
The Automated Ball/Strike System plays on the scoreboard after a pitch call was challenged during a spring training baseball game between the Chicago White Sox and the San Diego Padres on Feb. 26, 2025, in Phoenix ... .
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Dominican WBC loss ends on called strike that appeared low, a week before robot umps ...

Hibbing Daily Tribune 17 Mar 2026
A close called third strike ended the Dominican Republic’s rally attempt and sent the United States into the World Baseball Classic title game. The U.S. won 2-1 when plate umpire Cory Blaser called Geraldo Perdomo out on a full-count slider ... .
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MLB Moves Check-Swing Robot Umps Challenges, Experimental Rules to Triple-A

Fox Sports 17 Mar 2026
Major League Baseball's experiment of a robot umpire technology system allowing challenges to checked swing calls is moving up from Class A to Triple-A ... Additional challenges become available to teams in extra innings ... Since 1976, the rules have said ... .
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Robot umps on checked swings moving to Triple-A

ESPN 16 Mar 2026
Major League Baseball's experiment of a robot umpire technology system allowing challenges to checked swing calls is moving up from Class A to Triple-A ... .
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Robo-umps could bring consistency to strike zone

The Buffalo News 15 Mar 2026
San Francisco Giants rookie Bryce Eldridge was logged at 6-foot-7 "and some change," he said. That was the measurement for the slugger for the major leagues' Automated Ball-Strike System ....
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For baseball's tallest hitters, robo-umps should bring consistency to a tricky strike zone

Mesabi Daily News 14 Mar 2026
The robot-umpire system for overturning ball/strike calls is going to be used in regular-season games in the majors this year. The abbreviation for the setup is ABS, but the most important letters when it comes to the change just might ... .
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Robo-umps should bring consistency to a tricky strike zone

Messenger-Inquirer 14 Mar 2026
The robot-umpire system for overturning ball/strike calls is going to be used in regular-season games in the majors this year. The abbreviation for the setup is ABS, but the most important letters when it comes to the change just might ... .
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For baseball's tallest hitters, robo-umps should bring consistency

Grand Haven Tribune 13 Mar 2026
PHOENIX (AP) — San Francisco Giants rookie Bryce Eldridge was logged at 6-foot-7 “and some change,” he said. That was the measurement for the slugger for the major leagues' Automated Ball-Strike System ... .
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