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Orioles rip MLB technology after Pete Alonso blast ruled foul

Nypost · · 417 words · By Associated Press
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BALTIMORE — Major League Baseball now uses technology to confirm or overturn balls and strikes.

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BALTIMORE — Major League Baseball now uses technology to confirm or overturn balls and strikes.

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Is it time for something similar around the foul poles?

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The tension in the story is sharpened by Thought-Terminating Cliché: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

open_in_new Read the original article: https://nypost.com/2026/08/20/sports/orioles-rip-mlb-technology-after-pete-alons…

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 6 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “The play occurred with the game tied at 3.”
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Two independent web search sources explicitly state the score was tied at 3 at the time of Pete Alonso's fly ball in the seventh inning.
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web search NEUTRAL — Pete Alonso's towering foul ball would have resulted in a go-ahead home run.The Yankees held on to beat the Orioles, remaining five games behind the Tampa Bay Rays in the American League East. Pete Al…
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7525647/2026/08/19/pete-alo…
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web search NEUTRAL — A would be Pete Alonso home run was called foul and the bullpen fell apart in the 8th in the O’s third straight loss. SB Nation. Yankees grind out win over Orioles in game full of twists and turns.A c…
https://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/article/orioles-furious-after-p…
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web search NEUTRAL — Alonso, who had already homered in the third, nearly went deep again with the score tied at 3. His fly to left was initially called foul. One replay seemed to show the ball on the fair side of the pol…
https://www.lanacion.com.ar/usa/yankees-edge-the-orioles-5-3…
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Claim 2: “Major League Baseball now uses technology to confirm or overturn balls and strikes.”
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Multiple independent web search results (AOL/AP, Mariners report, and a report on the Automated Ball-Strike System) confirm that MLB has introduced technology to confirm or overturn balls and strikes calls.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 Major League Baseball season began on March 25 with a single night game featuring the San Francisco Giants hosting the New York Yankees before the regular season proper runs from March 26 to …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Major_League_Baseball_sea…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Major League Baseball (MLB), the highest level of professional baseball in the United States and Canada, has undergone several rounds of expansion beginning in 1961, eventually reaching 30 teams with …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expansion_of_Major_League_Base…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball league in North America composed of 30 teams, divided equally between the National League (NL) and the American League (AL), with 29 in the Unite…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_League_Baseball
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Claim 3: “in order to overturn a call, you need to have two camera angles to confirm it”
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The specific requirement of 'two camera angles' to overturn a call is mentioned only as a quote from Pete Alonso in one source. While general replay rules are mentioned in other sources, they do not explicitly confirm this specific 'two-angle' requirement as a formal league rule.
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web search NEUTRAL — Major League Baseball (MLB) uses instant replay review to allow league officials to review certain types of plays in order to determine the accuracy of the initial call of the umpires on the field. Re…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instant_replay_in_Major_League…
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web search NEUTRAL — "What I was told is in order to overturn a call, you need to have two camera angles to confirm it," Alonso said. "But the best view, the only view that shows the ball fair or foul is the one down the …
https://bleacherreport.com/articles/25476380-orioles-call-ml…
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web search NEUTRAL — If the Replay Official does not overturn any of the calls challenged by a Club, the Club will lose its Manager Challenge. Once a Club has exhausted its available Manager Challenge(s), it will no longe…
https://baseballrulesacademy.com/2024-mlb-replay-review-regu…
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Claim 4: “The Baltimore Orioles certainly felt aggrieved Wednesday night against the Yankees after Pete Alonso’s deep fly to left field in the seventh inning was ruled foul — and the call was upheld on a review.”
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Web search results from Yahoo Sports and other sources confirm a game between the Orioles and Yankees where Pete Alonso hit a deep fly ball in the 7th inning that was ruled foul and upheld on review.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Peter Morgan Alonso (born December 7, 1994), nicknamed "Polar Bear", is an American professional baseball first baseman for the Baltimore Orioles of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously play…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Alonso
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2025 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was the 95th Major League Baseball All-Star Game played between the American League (AL) and the National League (NL) of Major League Baseball. The game wa…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Major_League_Baseball_All…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Aaron James Judge (born April 26, 1992) is an American professional baseball right fielder for the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball (MLB). He is an eight-time MLB All-Star and three-time Amer…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Judge
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Claim 5: “The Yankees then scored twice in top of the eighth and went on to win 5-3.”
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Yahoo Sports and other reports confirm the Yankees scored two runs in the top of the eighth inning and won the game with a final score of 5-3.
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web search NEUTRAL — After coming inches away from giving up a late go-ahead home run, the Yankees scored two runs with two outs the next half-inning in the eighth to beat the Orioles 5-3 in Baltimore on Wednesday night. …
https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/yankees-score-two-eighth-b…
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web search NEUTRAL — Top Yankees News. Diamondbacks vs. Royals MLB picks: Burnes will be limited in return. Matt Severance 1 hr ago.With the Yankees down 4-0, Jones got his team on the board with a RBI double in the eight…
https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/teams/NYY/new-york-yankees/
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web search NEUTRAL — Game MVP: Yerry De los Santos. Maybe not who you'd expect, but getting into trouble in the eighth inning and managing to get out of it helped keep New York within striking distance and pull off the ev…
https://sny.tv/articles/yankees-rangers-takeaways-5-21-25
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Claim 6: “On the dugout iPads there’s ball-tracking data with the field that the players see”
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Multiple sources confirm that MLB allows iPads in dugouts and that these tablets provide teams with access to Statcast information, video angles, and ball-tracking data.
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web search NEUTRAL — The Mets’ dugout is pictured during an April 12 game. Corey Sipkin for the NY Post. The tablets, which still will be permitted in dugouts, give teams access to league-provided Statcast information, as…
https://nypost.com/2026/07/17/sports/mets-among-teams-who-us…
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web search NEUTRAL — Beginning on Monday, Major League Baseball rules will allow the iPad in dugouts for some tasks like checking charts, statistics, and scouting reports, according to an official announcement. Initially,…
https://appleinsider.com/articles/15/09/28/major-league-base…
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web search NEUTRAL — Shohei Ohtani does something completely unthinkable during his crucial 8th inning at-bat that leaves the entire baseball world in complete awe and disbelief. But the Nationals coach makes the biggest …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMjeERXt3H8
info Disclaimer: This analysis is generated by AI and should be used as a starting point for critical thinking, not as definitive truth. Claims are verified against publicly available sources. Always consult the original article and additional sources for complete context.