This “challenge” was the wurst. Citi Field tried to glom onto the viral “999 Challenge,” in which baseball fans gobble down nine hot dogs and nine beers in nine innings — but my attempt to devour the ...

Robo-umps have arrived. Kinda. Beginning this season, Major League Baseball will use the ABS (short for automated balls and strikes) challenge system, so it's not full robo-umps, but there is now a ...

From the moment MLB began testing an automated strike zone in the minor leagues, its eventual arrival to regular season MLB games was an inevitability. And that time has finally arrived. After testing ...

Detailed view of the scoreboard showing an ABS ball and strike challenge call being overturned to a strikeout during the Chicago White Sox against the Chicago Cubs during a spring training game at ...

Five requirements. Seventy-five days. No breaks and no room for mistakes. That’s the premise of 75 Hard, a challenge created by entrepreneur and author Andy Frisella and marketed as a “transformative ...

Aaron McKinley is a writer, blogger, and video game enthusiast with over six years of experience in web content and many more in playing games until the wee hours of the morning. A passion for writing ...

The Mets and all of Major League Baseball will have to navigate a new way to determine balls and strikes in 2026. Starting on Opening Day, the automatic ball and strike (ABS) challenge system will be ...

The ABS Challenge System was first utilized in MLB during spring training in 2025. | Mike Lang / Sarasota Herald-Tribune / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images MLB games will look different in spring ...

Previously, some had referred to Ponthier as being like “a lesbian Sabrina Carpenter.” Do easy tags like that become any more complicated now that they are out as non-binary? It’s possible, but the ...

Mesha Griffith is a children's book author based in Ohio. She considers herself a minimalist and has challenged herself over the years to ditch the clutter. She posted her yearly challenge online in ...

*If you’re looking for a competitive reality series to dive into, “Squid Game: The Challenge” Season 2 is now fully available to stream on Netflix. Inspired by the hit scripted series, the second ...