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Is Baseball Without Umpires Still Even Baseball?
Baseball has been undergoing some pretty dramatic changes. The sport may still be timeless in a sense, but it is now timed.
MLB’s Umpire School Is Adapting to a New Era of Increased Scrutiny
Who signs up for the unforgiving grind of becoming an umpire now? Start with the 56 candidates at MLB Umpire Prospect ...
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A Rookie Robot Umpire Takes The Field
In this year’s baseball spring training, the new Automated Ball-Strike System is helping settle challenges to home plate ...
The Philly area’s oldest umpire is 82 and spends his days calling strikes and asking sports history questions
Richard Glazer, 82, will put on his blue shirt and start his 28th year as a baseball umpire, now with the Tri-State Elite ...
Baseball was largely unchanged for more than a century — now MLB is trying to shake things up
The sport has seen a flurry of rule adjustments in just the past decade and a half, with more on the horizon. America's ...
Robot umpires take to the field for baseball's spring training | The Excerpt
The Automated Ball-Strike System (ABS), which uses Hawk-Eye technology was rolled up from the minors into the majors for an ...
What we learned from MLB’s spring robot-umpire test: Players, managers, execs weigh in
What did we learn from watching the robot umps — and talking to people throughout the game about ABS — this spring? Let's discuss!
Alabama Fined $25K After Coach Goes Ballistic on Umpire
The SEC will be suspending Alabama HC Rob Vaughn for 4 games following his outburst against umpire Kevin Sweeney in Saturdays ...
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Jazz Chisholm makes disrespectful move with home plate umpire
Jazz Chisholm made a totally disrespectful move toward a home plate umpire in Tuesday’s spring training game, but he managed ...
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Alabama Fined $25K After Coach Goes Ballistic on Umpire
Over the weekend, the Alabama Crimson Tide baseball team hosted the No. 1 ... out of the game for his actions toward the home plate umpire. Not only was Vaughn tossed from Saturday's matchup ...