Phoenix – Baseball Hall of Fame President Josh Roachic was on hand Thursday but did not seek artifacts for the museum.
The third baseman for the Chicago Cubs pitcher Cody Potate and the Los Angeles Dodgers, Max Muncie, did not hand the jerseys to the certifiers, posed for photos together, or signed baseball.
History took place on Thursday during a spring training game between the Cubs and Dodgers in front of 10,959 fans at Camelback Ranch.
Poteet and Muncy will be immortalized forever in ABS history. The former was the first major league pitcher to challenge, and Muncie became the first big league player to fall victim to the challenge.
But the only thing that actually celebrates this shining 75th-degree day is that MLB Executive Vice President and veteran judge Tony Randazzo was behind the plate, along with other MLB executives. It was.
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The challenge system, including an iPad in each dugout, could not be better for players to express complaints when necessary.
There were only two challenges in the entire game.
One successful challenge.
Zero’s complaints.
“It all went well on the first day,” Sword said. “A good first step.”
Are there any problems at all?
“No,” Sword said.
Immediate success… at least for a day.
The historic moment occurred at the bottom of the first innings when Poteet faced Muncy if you wanted to call it. He threw a 95 mph fastball clipped the bottom of the zone on a 0-1 pitch, but it was called the ball. Poteet was convinced it was a strike and was immediately challenged. The pitch appeared on the scoreboard, and within seconds, Cole was quickly overturned.
The Cubs held their challenge.
And history was made.
“It’s cool to fire them,” Potoiet said. Surrounded by reporters. “I certainly wasn’t embarrassed about it.”
The Dodgers couldn’t help but laugh at the irony that Muncie was the victim of their first challenge. Manager Dave Roberts said before the game that everyone on the team will be allowed to challenge the phone with only one exception: Muncy.
“I told Muncie not to challenge,” Roberts said. “He said, ‘I’ll save your challenge’ because he’s our biggest culprit, not agreeing to the strike zone.’ ”
Muncy said: I came here and he was waiting in my locker and laughed at me that I was the one who challenged me. …It’s interesting that I was the one who was challenged. ”
However, there was no discussion by Muncie. He knew it was a strike before it appeared on the scoreboard on the right field.
“I was pretty positive that it was a strike,” Muncie said. “He called it, and I looked outside and the pitcher looked very excited to try it. I knew it would be overturned.”
Of course, Poteet had its advantages. He spent most of his 10 years of professional career with minors. He knows how the system works.
“I’ve been using it a little last year,” Potoiet said. “I think it felt normal.”
Really, the Dodgers and Cubs said they have nothing to feel normal afterwards.
Before the game, Roberts said he didn’t decide whether to become a fan or not, jumped on the bandwagon after the game.
“That was good,” Roberts said. “I think it’s actually a pretty good system. Obviously, we’re trying to figure out how many of the challenges we have in Major League Baseball stadiums that make the most sense. …
“But I like it, especially in the big places where you want to make your phone right.”
The surgery on Thursday was very smooth, and fans and scouts on the stands were unflinching. If there are no hiccups this spring, MLB could soon adapt as the 2026 season of regular and postseason games.
It could be around forever, as instant replays are here.
The ultimate decision will be made by the MLB Competition Committee, but union president Tony Clark and the players hope they will listen to their voices.
“We make a living and our careers have been impacted,” said Michael Comfort, a veteran Dodgers outfielder. “So I hope we’ll say what’s going to happen. I know there’s a competition committee and a group that makes decisions, but that’s a pretty dramatic move. It’s a game’s It’s a pretty big change.
“We have to be really thoughtful about how it works.”
Certainly, it can provide an influx of work for people in the analytics department. They will stymie the algorithms in the computer and determine the most advantageous time to seek challenges.
“There’s no doubt there’s a deep analysis of the best situations to do that,” Comfort said. “A new area of the game opens. Can it be used only by men? A man with a score? After five innings? After the seventh? You don’t want to leave anything on the table.”
However, Conforto can save the Dodgers a lot of time and energy. This is someone who is allowed to try in the game.
“Shohei (Ohtani), Freddie (Freeman) and Mookie (Betts) can try as much as they want,” Conforto said. “That’s fair. If you’re heading to the Hall of Fame, you can use it.”
No one is going to hurry to the conclusion yet. This is the first game of spring, with ABS being tested at 13 different ballparks in Arizona and Florida. Teams are only allowed two tasks, only by pitchers, catchers or batters. And the challenge must be made immediately without support from dugouts or other players on the field.
If you challenge and you’re wrong, you lose the challenge. If you are the challenge and you are right, you will maintain the challenge so that instant replay works.
“There’s going to be a little give and a take,” Dodgers pitcher Michael Grove said.
Glove laughed, but wanted to see how it differed from minors to big leagues.
“It would be interesting to see if veterans like it,” Grove said. “I thought it was okay, but Triple A is a bit different because it changes the zone a bit. They shaved a bit up and down, but I didn’t love it. But the challenge system is weird. Because you can blow them all away and people get frustrated in the first innings.
“So there’s a few strategies involved. If you’re using one in the first inning, you’re stubborn.”
Pott agreed and said he tried it in the first innings, simply because there was no doubt that he was right. But if it was the first innings of the real game, well, maybe a bit hesitant.
“I don’t know all the strategies to get everything into in a nine-inning big league game,” Pott said. I feel that every strike is important.”
So, if he’s pitching for the Cubs under Craig Counsel, who sarcastically turned his fist towards the sword and two other MLB officials after a successful pot challenge, he’s the same Will you do that?
“I’m sure there’s someone who’s coaching managers and teams,” Poteet said.
Well, maybe someday, but for now, the counsel says it won’t waste time until it actually is implemented.
“It’s a test of some futures, the unknown,” the counsel said Wednesday. “So when there’s enough to be prepared, it’s a little hard to put your head in and really prepare it.”
But be prepared. It came and soon.
“I support that,” said Dodgers infielder/outfielder Kyke,” Hernandez. “There’s definitely more balls called strikes than strikes called balls.”
Conforto said: Do pitchers have the same zone every day? Batters have their own individual zones, so will that be the same every day?
“I think you’re wondering who’s getting the biggest advantage. It tells you who’s for it and who’s against it.”
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