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Should MLB’s automated ball-strike system have a built-in buffer zone?

Should MLB’s automated ball-strike system have a built-in buffer zone?

ATLANTA — Major League Baseball Players Association executive director Tony Clark wondered Tuesday whether the automated ball-strike system would do well to provide a little grace, a half-inch or so, so that the system isn’t used to overturn calls that are wrong by a razor-thin margin. “Does there need to be some type of buffer-zone consideration?” Clark asked. “We haven’t …

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MLB is putting automated balls and strikes to the test in the All Star Game. Some pitchers aren’t exactly thrilled

MLB is putting automated balls and strikes to the test in the All Star Game. Some pitchers aren’t exactly thrilled

Atlanta CNN  —  The hottest topic in Atlanta ahead of Tuesday’s Major League Baseball All-Star Game isn’t a player, a coach or a manager. It’s not even human. For the first time, the midsummer classic is going to be using automated technology to allow pitchers, catchers and batters to challenge balls and strikes – a system that’s been in use …

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