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Strike Overturned to Ball After ABS Challenge
Original: Strike 1 overturned to ball 1 after ABS challenge
Major League Baseball's automated ball-strike system was used in a game for the first time in a notable moment: a called strike one was challenged and overturned to ball one. The play marks a concrete example of the ABS challenge system changing an umpire's call, a development fans and commentators are weighing as baseball experiments with technology-assisted officiating.
Why now: The automated strike-zone challenge system is new and this shows it directly reversing an umpire's call, drawing attention to how the technology will change the game.
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