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Jazz Chisholm Is So Bad At ABS Challenges
April 27, 2026
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It is of course nice to get the calls correct, but baseball is an entertainment product foremost, and a most delightful side effect of the new automated ball-strike challenge system is the few seconds of drama between a challenge and its resolution. Who will be vindicated? Who will be shown up? Who will have to wear the mark of shame? Will umpires be able to restrain themselves from muttering, Not so easy, is it? On Sunday, Seattle's Rob Refsnyder challenged a ninth-inning, strike-three call.
He was vindicated, and a few pitches later hit what would prove the game-winning home run. Perhaps for some this is the apex of the system as it is meant to operate. For those of us with more whimsy in our hearts, said apex came on Friday, when Yankees 2B Jazz Chisholm tapped his helmet and challenged a strike call right down the pipe. https://twitter.com/ABS_Auditor/status/2047873562019614902
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