Actually, Rye, the Braves are going to win? I'm pretty sure the Yankees will win. Well, the Braves are just a better team. Sure, but the Yankees are better. But the Atlanta Braves are the best. The New York Yankees are number one. Pam, Ryan, can we pause for a minute? Of course. What's up, Cap? I can tell you're both very passionate about this. So let's do a baseball deep dive. Yes!

Absolutely! course. What's up, Cap? I can tell you're both very passionate about this, so let's do a baseball

deep dive. Yes. Absolutely. And for the record, the banana ball teams are way cooler than your

teams. What? Excuse me? I don't even know if it's fair to compare the local beach coconuts and the

Savannah bananas to the Yanks and the Braves. They're definitely in a league of their own. I'm Pamela Kirkland.

And I'm Ryan Willard. It's Friday, April 17th. This is a 10 news deep dive.

10. 9. 8, 7, 6. 5, 4, 3.0. 1.

The 2026 baseball season is finally underway, and I couldn't be happier about it.

Except for the fact that robots are trying to take over the game.

It's not exactly robots, but I see what you're saying. We had a tenor write in and ask us about the new automated ball strike challenge system,

which could help settle a baseball argument that's as old as the game itself.

So here are five things you need to know about the kind of sort of robot umpires.

Number one, the automated ball strike challenge system is also known as the ABS

challenge system.

It made its regular season MLB debut on opening day of the 2026 season.

The ABS challenge system is set up so players can challenge a ball or strike that the umpire calls.

Sterey!

Number two, the ABS Challenge System didn't come out of nowhere.

It's been tested and used in minor league games since 2021.

Major League Baseball tested it during spring training this year,

and it was even used in the 2025 All-Star game.

Number three. The ABS Challenge system monitors the exact location of each pitch relative to the batter strike zone.

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