Most any child who’s played backyard Wiffle ball has had the experience of having a ball thrown at them on the basepaths.

Spring training is traditionally a time of new beginnings, including this year's introduction of the automated ball-strike system in ... For more MLB insight, tune into "Baseball Bar-B-Cast ...

The automated ball-strike (ABS ... the knees when in a normal stance. MLB took detailed measurements of player heights in order to determine the strike zone for each.

That was widely believed to portend its arrival in the majors, which MLB commissioner ... what the true strike zone looks like than umpires are, and a move to fully automated ball-strike calls ...

Major League Baseball is using spring training to test an automated ball-strike system which lets players challenge an umpire’s call. Players and fans are divided at the thought of MLB ...

borderline strike calls from umpires, the players prevailed – but just barely. Major League Baseball’s tryout of a challenge system utilizing automatic ball-strike ... the ABS zone was ...