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'Robot Umpires' Approved For Major League Baseball: What To Know 'Robot Umpires' Approved For Major League Baseball: What To Know
'Robot Umpires' Approved For Major League Baseball: What To Know The call at home plate is about to get a second opinion. Major League Baseball is bringing the so-called "robot umpire" to the game. Namely, automated ball‑strike challenges, letting players quickly appeal some calls while the game keeps moving. Automated strike zone tech first hit the field in the independent Atlantic League’s 2019 All‑Star Game and later expanded to the Arizona Fall League and the Florida State League.  ABS rolled through five Triple‑A parks in 2022 before expanding to all Triple‑A venues in 2023, helping MLB fine‑tune both the zone and the in‑game challenge mechani…

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by Joe Lombardi
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Trump Explodes At MLB, Demands Roger Clemens Be Put In Hall Of Fame Trump Explodes At MLB, Demands Roger Clemens Be Put In Hall Of Fame
Trump Explodes At MLB, Demands Roger Clemens Be Put In Hall Of Fame President Donald Trump is threatening a new lawsuit. This time against Major League Baseball because Roger Clemens is not in the Hall of Fame.  Trump went on an unhinged tirade on Truth Social on Sunday morning, demanding for the second time that Clemens be admitted to the Hall of Fame, going so far as to threaten an ultimatum for Commissioner Rob Manfred. "PUT ROGER CLEMENS IN THE HALL OF FAME, NOW — NOT LIKE YOU DID WITH PETE ROSE, WHEN YOU WAITED UNTIL HE WAS DEAD!," he ranted. "That wasn’t the deal I made with the Commissioner, Rob Manfred, many months before he died."  "The …

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by Zak Failla
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MLB Lifts Bans On All-Time Hits Leader Pete Rose, 'Shoeless' Joe Jackson MLB Lifts Bans On All-Time Hits Leader Pete Rose, 'Shoeless' Joe Jackson
MLB Lifts Bans On All-Time Hits Leader Pete Rose, 'Shoeless' Joe Jackson In a groundbreaking and unanticipated decision, Major League Baseball (MLB) Commissioner Rob Manfred has removed all-time greats Pete Rose and “Shoeless” Joe Jackson, among others, from the permanently ineligible list. This potentially paves the way for their induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York.  Rose, a switch-hitting infielder/outfielder, is MLB's all-time leader in hits (4,256), games played (3,562), at-bats (14,053) and singles (3,215). He was one of the stars of the Cincinnati Reds' Big Red Machine which won back-to-back World Series in 1975 and '76.…

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by Joe Lombardi