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Major League Baseball can now call balls and strikes with 100% accuracy… but will only use the system in the most annoying way possible

Ruben Bolling
Mar 23, 2026
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The 2026 Major League Baseball season will be the first in which a computer will be used to determine balls and strikes. The strike zone has been redefined for this Automatic Ball-Strike (ABS) system, to eliminate subjectivity.

However, instead of simply using this technology, which allows MLB to set the strike zon…

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