Dan Bellino had his CB Bucknor moment during Monday’s game. Kurtz immediately tapped on his helmet to initiate an automated ball-strike (ABS) system challenge. In the end, it turned out that Bellino’s ...

The start of this season has seen a new rule change in Major League Baseball with the introduction of the ABS (Automated Ball-Strike system) challenges. Most changes to the baseball rules can cause a ...

CB Bucknor has 26 years of service time as a major-league umpire. Jeffrey Dean / MLB Photos via Getty Images CINCINNATI — It was Ryan Watson’s big-league debut with the Boston Red Sox, but longtime ...

MLB has put in place a lot of rule changes over the last six years. There’s the automatic runner in extra innings, but only a small percentage of games go into extra innings. The pitch clock changed ...

One of the best parts about Opening Day is getting to see players you’ve heard about in your favorite team’s minor league system play their first game in the big leagues. Normally, it can take a ...

SAN FRANCISCO — José Caballero made history Wednesday night, just not successfully. The Yankees shortstop became the first player to challenge a pitch using the automated ball-strike system during the ...

Major League Baseball’s new Automated Ball-Strike System (ABS) already has umpires pleading. Midway through the Giants’ 10-7 spring training win over the Guardians on Saturday, San Francisco pitcher ...

KBRA assigns a preliminary rating to one class of notes issued by AMCR ABS Trust 2026-A (“AMCR 2026-A”), an unsecured consumer loan ABS transaction. AMCR 2026-A has initial hard credit enhancement of ...

GOODYEAR, Ariz. — The Guardians are still figuring out how to integrate the new automated ball-strike challenge system without overloading players mentally, manager Stephen Vogt said. For now, ...

Iran invented the relatively simple Shahed 136 attack drone, but is now fending off US copies launched against it in combat. Why, when the US military has expensive, cutting-edge and hi-tech weapons, ...

The Bitcoin lender reportedly packaged thousands of Bitcoin-backed consumer loans into rated bonds, giving investors a new way to take crypto‑linked risk without holding BTC. Update (Feb. 23, 2026, at ...