Now Major League Baseball is turning to cameras and computers in an effort to settle some of those fights over balls and strikes. MLB is testing a new technology in all the AAA parks across the country called the "automated ball and strike calling system,” or ABS. Engineers from MLB have been working on the system since 2019: it now consists of specialized cameras from Hawk-Eye, arranged around the park, that track the ball from the pitcher's mound to the catcher's mitt.
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