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ABS has been approved for the SEC baseball tournament
Posted on 5/4/26 at 4:20 pm
Posted on 5/4/26 at 4:20 pm
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SCOOP: The @NCAA Baseball Rules Committee has approved the @SEC's proposal to use experimental ABS (Automated Ball-Strike) Challenges in the upcoming conference tournament, I'm told. Coaches will have (3) specific ABS challenges per game in Hoover.
I'm good with it. SEC officials suck.
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Posted on 5/4/26 at 4:27 pm to ArHog
What happens when both coaches use all 3 in the first inning (and are successful on all)? Should be keep until you get them wrong. Because with SEC umps you could successfully challenge 3+ pitches every inning easily
Posted on 5/4/26 at 4:28 pm to OleVaught14
this won't mean anything if they have to go to Birmingham for clarity
Posted on 5/4/26 at 4:31 pm to OleVaught14
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Because with SEC umps you could successfully challenge 3+ pitches every inning easily
Absolutely
Posted on 5/4/26 at 4:37 pm to ArHog
If you have a pitcher struggling but failed to get relievers warming up in pen - or have them warming up but need a few more minutes - you could waste a challenge to get more warm up time for reliever.
Posted on 5/4/26 at 4:42 pm to ArHog
Just let the system call balls and strikes and let the ump do plays at the plate. MLB should stop embarrassing their umps by having them call balls and strikes.
Posted on 5/4/26 at 4:43 pm to ArHog
Posted on 5/4/26 at 4:44 pm to OleVaught14
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with SEC umps you could successfully challenge 3+ pitches every inning easily
I wish I was joking when I say that there are times that you can use all 3 on one batter.
Posted on 5/4/26 at 4:44 pm to OleVaught14
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What happens when both coaches use all 3 in the first inning (and are successful on all)? Should be keep until you get them wrong. Because with SEC umps you could successfully challenge 3+ pitches every inning easily
Absolutely this
Posted on 5/4/26 at 4:49 pm to OU Guy
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If you have a pitcher struggling but failed to get relievers warming up in pen - or have them warming up but need a few more minutes - you could waste a challenge to get more warm up time for reliever.
You clearly have no idea how this works, huh?
Posted on 5/4/26 at 4:53 pm to ArHog
Love to see it. Wonder what the average distance off the zone is going to be for the tournament. Given some of the bullshite I’ve seen over the years, I’d set the low end at 3 inches…
Posted on 5/4/26 at 4:55 pm to LSU=Champions
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You clearly have no idea how this works, huh?
Not really can you explain it? Tx
Posted on 5/4/26 at 4:57 pm to OU Guy
The “A” in ABS stands for “automatic.” The “review” takes about 5 seconds from announcement for the result of the challenge to be visually displayed. It’s pretty damn efficient.
Posted on 5/4/26 at 4:59 pm to LSU=Champions
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The “A” in ABS stands for “automatic.” The “review” takes about 5 seconds from announcement for the result of the challenge to be visually displayed. It’s pretty damn efficient.
Ok makes sense. I assumed they go to a monitor that has ABS loaded to confirm.
So who tells them the ABS and how is it relayed?
Posted on 5/4/26 at 5:06 pm to LSU=Champions
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The “A” in ABS stands for “automatic.” The “review” takes about 5 seconds from announcement for the result of the challenge to be visually displayed. It’s pretty damn efficient.
It's really not rocket science. This should take less than 10 seconds.
Perry Costello
Posted on 5/4/26 at 5:08 pm to ArHog
excellent, I'm sick of seeing Texas get the short end of the stick from the umpires
Posted on 5/5/26 at 9:04 am to tBrand
Technology is marching right on along.
Recently a friend was telling me about the possibility of microchips in the field, and in the football for exact spotting and ball location.
Recently a friend was telling me about the possibility of microchips in the field, and in the football for exact spotting and ball location.
Posted on 5/5/26 at 9:05 am to OU Guy
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you could waste a challenge to get more warm up time for reliever.
ABS challenges take like 10 seconds
Posted on 5/5/26 at 9:12 am to ArHog
It's going to become very obvious very quickly why these umps are in the college game and not MLB. The way they adjust their strike zones and squeeze pitchers in the late innings of college games is almost criminal.
Posted on 5/5/26 at 9:16 am to OleVaught14
quote:If you win the challenge, the team retains the challenge. So essentially you get three times to be wrong, not three challenges total.
What happens when both coaches use all 3 in the first inning (and are successful on all)? Should be keep until you get them wrong. Because with SEC umps you could successfully challenge 3+ pitches every inning easily
The Braves unsuccessfully burned both of their challenges last night in the 1st inning. TYFYS Sean Murphy.
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