The MLB umpires getting the most exposed by ABS in its first month
One month into our braves new roboump world ... the umpiring has not adjusted.
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The MLB teams using ABS challenges better than everyone else
In MLB’s new ABS era, the head tap is becoming the game’s most valuable signal.
CB Bucknor gets laughed at by Brewers, Rays after awful missed call at first base
CB Bucknor does not even need to be behind home plate these days to prove how incompetent he is. The veteran MLB umpire Bucknor went viral during Tuesday’s game between the Milwaukee Brewers and the Tampa Bay Rays for his latest horrific whiff. Bucknor was working first base at American Family Field in Milwaukee, Wisc. … The post CB Bucknor gets laughed at by Brewers, Rays after awful missed call at first base appeared first on Larry Brown Sports.
How the automatic ball-strike system is already enhancing baseball — and how to make it even better
In an age when there is a battle to keep short attention spans fixed on the field from pitch to pitch, the ABS has given a reason to lock in more.
Umpire Dan Bellino got a call so wrong that it glitched the ABS system
Dan Bellino had his CB Bucknor moment during Monday’s game. The veteran MLB umpire Bellino was behind the plate on Monday for the Athletics-Atlanta Braves game at Truist Park in Atlanta, Ga. Athletics first baseman Nick Kurtz was leading off the game in the top of the first inning and saw a low 0-2 offering … The post Umpire Dan Bellino got a call so wrong that it glitched the ABS system appeared first on Larry Brown Sports.
Long Island youths answering call to help fill officiating shortage
It may be these kids’ greatest tri-ump. America’s officiating shortage and crisis in youth sports is hitting home on Long Island, but a few dozen teens are stepping up to, or rather behind, the plate by learning umpiring to make sure their peers can properly play ball this spring. “I always loved playing Little League, so...