An outfielder in the independent Atlantic League of Professional Baseball (ALPB) made history on Saturday in Maryland by becoming the first baseball player to steal first base in a professional game. Thanks to a new experimental rule change in the Atlantic League, he was able to steal first and make history. In the Atlantic League All-Star game this past Wednesday, the home plate umpire had an earpiece hooked up to an iPhone that tracked balls and strikes using radar. In the MLB, if a player bunts the ball foul on two strikes, he is automatically ruled out. "We need to see how it works, first in the Atlantic League and then probably other places, meaning other parts of minor league baseball, before it comes to Major League Baseball.

Source: Fox News July 14, 2019 21:00 UTC