In the top of the 2nd inning of the Atlantic League's first-ever game officially using TrackMan's Automated Ball/Strike System (ABS) to call balls and strikes via the home plate umpire wearing an earpiece, a batter has walked in an at-bat wherein a grand total of ONE pitch was actually located outside of the strike zone supposedly used by ABS to adjudicate pitches. Welcome to robot-umpire baseball.

The pitcher can't be too happy about that...

Full coverage of new MLB-ALPB experimental rules, including electronic balls and strikes, and how the HP Umpire integrates TrackMan into pitch calling: [ Ссылка ]

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