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NCAA Approves ABS Challenge System for 2026 SEC Baseball Tournament

The trial mirrors MLB's approach to gauge whether automated strike-zone challenges fit college play.

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Jazz Chisholm Jr. Says Object in Ear Was Cotton, Not an AirPod

ABS Overturn in Tigers–Braves Game Stuns Broadcast, Exposes Missed Strike

ABS Reversal Turns Mets’ Bases-Loaded Walk Into Inning-Ending Strike

Jazz Chisholm’s ABS Challenge Backfires on Dead-Center Strike

One Month In, Players Say MLB’s ABS Is Tightening the Zone as Walks Climb

ABS Challenges Are Flipping Calls and Forcing Fast Adjustments Across MLB

Yankees’ ABS Challenge Rate Drops as Boone Critiques Timing

MLB’s ABS Challenge System Overturns 54% of Appeals as Umpires Bristle

MLB’s Automated Strike-Zone Challenges Are Reshaping Games

C.B. Bucknor Leaves Brewers–Rays Game After Foul Tip to Mask

MLB Launches Automated Ball-Strike Challenges for Regular Season

MLB’s ABS Rollout Shrinks Official Player Heights for 2026

MLB Launches Ball-Strike Challenge System After Spring’s Hot‑Mic and Denied Review

MLB’s ABS Rollout Shrinks Many Listed Player Heights After Strict Measurements

MLB To Pilot Check-Swing Challenges in Pacific Coast League Beginning May 5

MLB Extends Checked-Swing Challenge to Triple-A PCL With 45-Degree Standard

ABS Challenge Tests Overturn Calls as Teams Split on Strategy Before MLB Rollout

ABS Challenge System Set for MLB Debut as Spring Data Shows Dodgers Struggling

ABS Trials Show Half of Challenges Overturned as Teams Refine Strategy