Welcome to the Ares Management Corporation's First Quarter 2026 Earnings Conference Call. [Operator Instructions] As a reminder, this conference call is being recorded on Friday, May 1, 2026. I would ...

PHOENIX — The fans love it. The umpires tolerate it. The players are getting used to it. And after nearly two weeks of the ABS challenge system implemented in Major League Baseball – with 585 ...

The average miss of the 11 most accurate umps is 0.7 inches or less, according to tracking website Tap the Challenge. Mary DeCicco/MLB Photos via Getty Images Most businesses would balk at creating a ...

BALTIMORE - We may have found a flaw in the Rangers’ new team-first approach to hitting. They are too polite. Nobody, it seems, wants to be the guy to waste an ABS challenge that could be saved for ...

SAN FRANCISCO — Before the automated ball-strike system came into play in real games that counted, the Yankees spent plenty of mornings this spring talking about it. Access the Yankees beat like never ...

Bucknor, 63, has served as an umpire in the major leagues since 1996. He is one of the two longest-tenured active umpires, along with Phil Cuzzi, who has been active since 1991. Despite Bucknor’s ...

José Caballero, pictured hitting a single in the second inning, made the first challenge of the ABS era in the fourth inning, but the strike call was upheld. Thearon W. Henderson / Getty Images SAN ...

The 2026 MLB season is officially here, but not without one of the most major changes in the history of the sport. After a century-and-a-half of complete human element behind home plate, batters, ...

SAN FRANCISCO — Baseball’s new reality has arrived. Blink, and you’d miss it. The Giants came out on the winning side of the first Automated Balls and Strikes (ABS) challenged pitch in MLB history.

With a new Major League Baseball season here, a major change will play a unique role in how the year progresses. Coming to the majors this season is the Automated Ball-Strike Challenge System, or ABS ...

MLB history was made on Opening Day 2026. No, not the league appearing on Netflix to start the season. On March 25, 2026, the first ever challenge was made using the Automated Ball-Strike system when ...

A historic baseball moment will forever be remembered for being overshadowed by an in-game manager interview. Those waiting for the first Automated Ball-Strike (ABS) challenge Wednesday may have felt ...