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How does the ABS system work?

Each team has two challenges per game, which they keep if their challenge is successful. Only a pitcher, catcher, or batter can challenge a call by tapping their cap or helmet within about two seconds of the umpire’s call. Everyone in the stadium and those watching the broadcast see a replay of the ball’s position in the strike zone.