“What I think it’s going to do is add that technology where it’s not getting in the way of the game. “They’ve been a customer for many years utilizing our meetings, our rooms our phone technology and then deeper integrations as we know over the past few years, the way in which people have leveraged video has really evolved,” said Janine Pelosi, Zoom’s chief marketing officer. For much of 2021 and ’22, Zoom replaced in-person media availabilities for players and managers. Zoom, launched in 2011, was increasingly used by MLB teams during the pandemic. We’re still I think doing a lot of experimentation and open to really anything as we try things out at the minor league level.” For ABS, I think it’s too early to say that we’re settled on one particular process and technology in the long-run. “We’re absolutely going to try things out and see what sticks. “That whole ecosystem is open for innovation and experimentation,” Marinak said. Last year, umps switched to a wireless belt pack and MLB for the first time allowed then to announce replays and decisions over ballpark public address systems. The umps walked over to the side of the field through 2013 to listen on a headset, then from 2014-21 an attendant brought out a headset to the field for them. Until now, the on-field crew chief listened to the replay umpire in New York with audio only, joined by the umpire who made the initial call if different from the crew chief. There were 1,434 video reviews last season that included 1,261 team challenges with 50.2% leading to overturned calls. MLB first adopted instant replay in September 2008 for home boundary calls and expanded it to a wide variety of decisions for the 2014 season. allowing on-field umpires to watch videos being evaluated by the replay operations center during contested calls. Major League Baseball struck a deal with Zoom Video Communications Inc.

NEW YORK (AP) - Umpires will have a new view this season: on Zoom.

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