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ABS challenge system early hit as it makes MLB debut in Dodgers-Cubs spring training game
History was made Thursday with the first use of the automated ball-strike challenge system during the spring training game between the Cubs and Dodgers in front of 10,959 fans at Camelback Ranch.
The New York Times24d
Robot umps make early impact: Cubs pitcher wins first ABS challenge in spring training game
It took just one inning for the Chicago Cubs right-hander to be the first player to successfully challenge a ball-strike call in a big-league spring training game, overturning a called ball from ...
Chicago Sun-Times23d
Cubs win first spring-training challenge using new Automated Ball-Strike System
Cubs right-hander Cody Poteet made major-league ... the first player to use MLB’s automated ball-strike system (ABS) to challenge a call in spring training. “Using it a little bit [in the ...
ESPN23d
Cubs pitcher Poteet wins first challenge in MLB's ABS test
GLENDALE, Ariz. -- Chicago Cubs pitcher Cody Poteet became the first player to challenge a ball/strike call in a major league game when he asked for a review of a fastball to Los Angeles Dodgers ...
Daily Herald23d
Cubs pitcher Cody Poteet makes first ABS challenge in spring training and wins
The Cubs won the exhibition game 12-4. Human umpires still call every pitch, but each team has the ability to challenge two calls per game, with no additions for extra innings. A team retains its ...
Sports Illustrated24d
Dodgers-Cubs Spring Training Game Features First Successful Ball-Strike Challenge
The "automated ball-strike challenge system" or ABS will be active ... The Los Angeles Dodgers and Chicago Cubs opened spring training play on Thursday, and in just the first inning, Cubs pitcher ...
Yardbarker24d
Cubs-Dodgers spring opener features pitch challenge debut
Gage Workman connected for an opposite-field, two-run home run in the fifth inning and the Chicago Cubs beat the Los Angeles ... won the first player-initiated challenge using the Automated ...
Chicago Sun-Times24d
Cubs not dedicating time to MLB's robot-ump challenge system: 'It's a test for some future, unknown thing'
Sarah Stier/Getty Share MESA, Ariz. — The coaching staff hasn’t spent any time talking with the Cubs about the robot-umpire challenge system that will make its spring-training debut in their ...
Washington Times24d
Cubs pitcher wins first automated ball-strike challenge in spring training
Chicago Cubs pitcher Cody Poteet believed the 95 mph ... signifying he wanted to challenge the call. After a few seconds, the verdict was ready on the video board in right-center field.
Fox Sports23d
Cubs' Cody Poteet makes first ABS challenge in spring training and wins
Chicago Cubs pitcher Cody Poteet believed the 95 mph ... signifying he wanted to challenge the call. After a few seconds, the verdict was ready on the video board in right-center field.
CBSSports.com23d
WATCH: Cubs pitcher Cody Poteet wins first automated ball-strike challenge of 2025 spring training
To be sure, it was an exhibition of the spring-training variety between the Chicago Cubs and reigning-champion Los Angeles Dodgers (CHC-LAD GameTracker), but it's still actual baseball.