SEOUL, Jan. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – The South Korean baseball league announced Thursday that robot umpires will be used from the start of the 2024 season, one of several rule changes being adopted one year after Major League Baseball (MLB). The Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) will also enlarge bases in the new season and will [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — So-called robot umpires officially debuted in a Korea Baseball Organization minor league match Tuesday as the sports organization is preparing to use the system for the entire 2021 season. The automated ball-strike system, simply known as robot umpires, was used for the first time, in a Futures League game [...]
SEOUL, June 4 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean baseball’s minor league will start using “robot umpires” in August, a league official said Thursday. The official with the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) said about 20 games in the Futures League will have the automated ball-strike system in place this season, and it will be used for [...]