MLB's latest venture appears to be taking more of the human element out of the game, with a test run of an automatic balls and strikes (ABS) challenge system put in during 2025 spring training.

Seven members of the group, including its mysterious leader, “Ziz,” are now in jail, awaiting trial on charges that range from trespassing to murder. At least one other member is missing ...

I don’t think so." In a highly entertaining back-and-forth with The Athletic's Jayson Stark, who was attempting to explain to Scherzer the technology behind ABS, the three-time CY Young Award ...

Jack “Ziz” LaSota, 34, who has been described as the leader of the group, was arrested on February 16 alongside Michelle Zajko, 32, and Daniel Blank, 26, in Maryland after they were seen ...

Online and in certain Bay Area circles LaSota is known as “Ziz,” a charismatic figure who gained a following blogging about her pseudoscientific theories about brain function, her pop culture ...

ARE YOU SPENDING your winter crunching away, trying to get visible abs for the summer? You can pile up all the situp reps you want, but you won't be much closer to the core muscle you're training ...

Jack 'Ziz' LaSota, 33, was arrested on February 16 in Allegany County, Maryland after months on the run. LaSota, who uses she/her pronouns, appeared in court remotely on February 18 and ...

On her blog, Ziz peddled “unihemispheric sleep” (UHS), a real but very unhealthy practice in which people attempt to rest only one half of their brain at a time. Sleep deprivation is a tactic ...

The league has another potential win on its hands with the automated ball-strike system (ABS). The challenge system is being used in spring training games this season, but there are no plans yet ...

Led by Jack Amadeus “Ziz” LaSota, 34, a self-styled philosopher and militant vegan, the cult has been linked to multiple murders across the US. What started as an offbeat intellectual journey within ...

The apparent leader, a transgender woman called Jack ‘Ziz’ Lasota, began blogging under the alias ‘Ziz’ a decade ago, and allegedly leads the group of a few dozen followers. But who are they?