Should umpires consider refreshing their LinkedIn profiles? Based on the events of Tuesday’s Major League Baseball All-Star game in Atlanta, it seems they might.

A robotic umpire, utilizing automated technology and deployed for the first time at an MLB All-Star Game, assisted in reversing four ball/strike decisions, as reported by the CBC. Only one challenge, from Marlins outfielder Kyle Stowers, did not lead to a revised call after feedback from the Automated Ball-Strike System.

“The ABS system powered by T-Mobile’s 5G network employs the Hawk-Eye system to monitor a pitch’s path and position to provide an immediate determination on whether it was categorized as a ball or a strike,” states the MLB.

As per the league, fans have welcomed the technological intervention, which was first implemented in the Minor Leagues in 2021 and then in Triple AAA games in the subsequent year. ABS regulations permit each team two challenges for ball/strike calls made by human umpires, with teams retaining their challenges if they succeed. Only pitchers, catchers, and batters can contest an umpire’s ruling, and challenges must be made right after the pitch.

The ABS follows the MLB’s somewhat intricate explanation of what differentiates a ball from a strike, factoring in the player’s height and the dimensions of the strike zone.

Before Tuesday’s matchup, which featured the National League surpassing the American League following a swing-off, MLB players expressed their approval for the robotic umpires.

“I did a few rehab starts with it. I’m fine with it. I believe it functions well,” Dodger Clayton Kershaw told the Associated Press regarding the ABS.