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On the scoreboard, a digital rendering of the pitch suddenly appeared, one based on data from the Hawk-Eye ball tracking system installed at the ballpark.

Still, after experimenting with the idea of ABS at various levels of the minor leagues over the last half-decade, MLB decided to give it a trial run in spring training this year, installing the Hawk-Eye technology at select Cactus and Grapefruit League ballparks — the Dodgers’ Camelback Ranch facility among them — in its most ambitious effort yet to make balls and strikes reviewable.

It was a situation that would have been resolved instantly by goalline technology, which utilises Hawk-Eye to detect the exact position of the ball.

"The drama of a player shouting and making a challenge, and the crowd watching the screen and waiting for Hawk-Eye to make a decision, all of that drama is now lost."

Of course, even before Wimbledon's announcement this week, technology played a big part at the tournament through Hawk-Eye, the ball-tracking system, and organisers are following the example set by others.