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Here’s how the MLB ball and strike challenge test will work in Spring Training

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PHOENIX, Arizona — In addition to Commissioner Rob Manfred’s news conference Tuesday, MLB also spent part of the afternoon demonstrating how the ABS ball-and-strike challenge system test will be done during Spring Training this year.

Morgan Sword, who is MLB’s Executive VP of Baseball Operations, made a 13-minute presentation with visuals and video that describe how and where the tests will be made.