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If the ABS system comes to Triple-A, could MLB be far behind?

If the ABS system comes to Triple-A, could MLB be far behind?

The automated balls and strikes system, known as ABS, is reportedly coming to all of Triple-A Baseball for the 2023...

Steve Melewski January 17, 2023 1:02 pm
Umpires’ call brightens day for patients at Johns Hopkins Children’s Center

Umpires’ call brightens day for patients at Johns Hopkins Children’s Center

Before they handled balls and strikes, fair or foul, and safe and out calls for the conclusion of a two-game...

Pete Kerzel July 19, 2019 2:34 pm
Visit from men in blue brightens day for young Hopkins cancer patients

Visit from men in blue brightens day for young Hopkins cancer patients

Young cancer patients at Baltimore’s John’s Hopkins Childrens Center got some special visitors earlier this week when a quartet of...

Pete Kerzel July 12, 2018 2:24 pm
Umpires brighten patients’ day at Johns Hopkins Children’s Center

Umpires brighten patients’ day at Johns Hopkins Children’s Center

The men who decide whether a pitch is a ball or strike, whether a player is safe or out (and,...

Pete Kerzel June 10, 2015 5:05 pm
Umpires visit Johns Hopkins Children’s Center

Umpires visit Johns Hopkins Children’s Center

You’ve no doubt heard the old expression, “Nobody loves the umps.” (Check out this clip from “I Love Lucy” with...

Pete Kerzel August 27, 2014 7:57 pm