Challenges

Following Major League Baseball's introduction of the Automated Ball-Strike (ABS) challenge system this season—allowing teams two challenges per game on ball/strike calls with personalized strike zones—players and managers are approaching it cautiously. In the first 62 games, teams issued 227 challenges (3.7 per game), reflecting a learning curve as highlighted by early successes, misses, and reflections.

February 01, 2026 Reported by AI

A viral challenge involves trapping people in a carved-out ice bowl, testing their ability to climb out on a highly slippery surface. An article explains three physics-based methods using frictional forces to overcome the slope. The bowl's spherical shape makes escape increasingly difficult as one ascends.