The Berkshire Eagle2d
The automated strike zone appeal went well in spring training, according to umpire Chris Conroy
Conroy is entering his third year as a crew chief and has been a Major League umpire for 13 1/2 seasons. He had home plate ...
Major League Baseball4d
Gore (13 K's!) joins legend in history-making Opening Day gem
In his first Opening Day start, left-hander MacKenzie Gore set a Nationals franchise record and joined a Hall of Famer with ...
A spring training’s worth of the automated ball-strike challenge system: Are robot umps coming to MLB?
The New York Yankees’ Jazz Chisholm Jr. showed how to confidently use the still-in-trial Automated Ball-Strike System (ABS) in a Spring Training game against the Boston Red Sox last week – so ...
Verdict is in on MLB's ABS challenge system: 52% overturned in spring training
The challenge system will not be used in MLB games this season, but there is a good chance it will be implemented in 2026.
What the data from MLB’s spring robot-umpire test says about baseball’s future
Was the Automated Ball-Strike (ABS) system novel? Yes, though maybe not to Max Scherzer. Effective? According to the data, ...
ABC7 San Francisco17d
Monday's VTA strike expected to impact 100,000 riders daily in Santa Clara County
SAN JOSE, Calif. (KGO) -- Monday's planned VTA strike in Santa Clara County is likely to impact tens of thousands of riders. VTA light rail trains were running on Sunday, but come Monday ...
Mercury News20d
VTA files legal action against union as strike hits second day
SAN JOSE — The Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority filed a legal complaint Monday night against Amalgamated Transit Union Local 265 for allegedly violating a “no strike” clause in ...
Los Angeles Times20d
New York fires 2,000 prison guards who refuse to return to work after wildcat strike
ALBANY, N.Y. — New York fired more than 2,000 prison guards Monday for failing to return to work after a weeks-long wildcat strike that crippled the state’s correctional system, but said ...
NBC Bay Area20d
VTA files legal complaint as workers strike continues
For a second day in a row, many people in the South Bay will be forced to look for alternative transportation as Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority workers continue a strike that has no ...
The Independent20d
Birmingham bin strike: Who is affected and when will it end?
Hundreds of bin collectors are set to strike into summer as rats the “size of cats” dig through rubbish bags piling up outside Birmingham’s front doors. Nearly 400 Unite the Union workers ...
Salon20d
“PATCO on steroids”: Trump’s TSA union busting sparks calls for a general strike
The union president suggested that the ongoing assault by the Trump/Musk Junta on the unionized federal civil service should prompt a national general strike. At the same time, Nelson warns Noem ...
Fox News20d
New York fires more than 2,000 prison guards for refusing to return to work after illegal strike
New York officials fired more than 2,000 prison guards on Monday for not returning to work after a weekslong strike. Enough correctional officers had returned to work for the state to declare an ...