Players’ and managers’ efforts to work the umpires to contract or expand the strike zone have long been a part of the game.

Technological advances that lead to fairer, more accurate calls are often seen as triumphs. But new technology doesn’t mean ...

Batters, pitchers and catchers can challenge a home plate umpire’s ball or strike call. Powered by Hawk-Eye ... started using the technology in 2012 to determine whether balls cross the goal ...

Advertisement Article continues below this ad Batters, pitchers and catchers can challenge a home plate umpire’s ball or strike call ... using the technology in 2012 to determine whether ...

By 2009, it was being used in cricket, and by 2012 ... plate umpire calls on balls and strikes. The system gives a replay of the pitch’s trajectory to verify the accuracy of the call.

Two women who’d gone to school together in New Jersey were there celebrating their 60th birthdays—Nina Kaplan, a Boca Raton ...

John Kruk has gone from beloved ball player to Phillies outcast and back again. Here's how Krukker became Philadelphia’s ...