DENVER — The “9-9-9” challenge is coming to altitude. Major League Baseball announced the 9-9-9 challange will be sold at six ballparks this summer, including Coors Field in Denver. The 9-9-9 ...

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With a new Major League Baseball season here, a major change will play a unique role in how the year progresses. Coming to the majors this season is the Automated Ball-Strike Challenge System, or ABS ...

Robo-umps have arrived. Kinda. Beginning this season, Major League Baseball will use the ABS (short for automated balls and strikes) challenge system, so it's not full robo-umps, but there is now a ...

Players and managers were able to get used to ABS during spring training, but Opening Day will likely be the first time many fans experience the system. Mark Cunningham / MLB Photos via Getty Images ...

The start of each MLB season brings hope to all 30 fan bases that this could be the year their team plays deep into October and wins the World Series. But it also brings wild new food offerings that ...

Shasta County Superior Court Judge Benjamin Hanna is expected to decide by the end of the week whether Measure B should be removed from Shasta County’s June primary ballot. The proposed charter ...

DES MOINES, Iowa — After a second day of deliberations, a state panel decided Wednesday to overrule a nomination challenge to State Representative Eddie Andrews’ gubernatorial campaign, leaving him on ...

From the moment MLB began testing an automated strike zone in the minor leagues, its eventual arrival to regular season MLB games was an inevitability. And that time has finally arrived. After testing ...

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Detailed view of the scoreboard showing an ABS ball and strike challenge call being overturned to a strikeout during the Chicago White Sox against the Chicago Cubs during a spring training game at ...