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Tomlinson was nowhere close with the call, and the umpire got to see that mistake right away. Honestly, this beats the regular challenges because the umpires are communicating with the replay ...

Why bait the umpire if that call will ultimately be challenged and overturned? For more news and rumors, check out MLB Insider Robert Murray’s work on The Baseball Insiders podcast, ...

In that system, the home plate umpire calls balls and strikes ... of an umpire calling balls and strikes is a bad thing. Major League Baseball is experimenting with the ABS challenge system ...

In their 2016 book “Bad Call,” researchers Harry Collins ... balance between machine precision and the human element of baseball is crucial. Players’ and managers’ efforts to work the umpires to ...

In a self-deprecating moment as Major League Baseball umpires begin to get used to the league's new automated balls and strikes (ABS) challenge system, umpire Mike Muchlinski declared the call of ...

Veteran MLB umpire Mike Muchlinski went viral on social media for his sense of humor after he got one of his strike zone calls challenged. Muchlinski was the home plate umpire for Tuesday’s ...