MLB’s Umpire School Is Adapting to a New Era of Increased Scrutiny
Baseball is full of situations. What gets tricky is when those situations become incidents. This is the language of umpires.
Umpire's Embarrassing Blunder Gets Viral Attention in Mariners-Athletics Game
Athletics outfielder Seth Brown made a strange bit of MLB history in Friday's win over the Seattle Mariners -- thanks to an ...
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 ...
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Man behind the mask: Bruce Lazaruk begins 50th season as baseball umpire
Over his 50 years as an umpire, Bruce Lazaruk tries his best not to be seen on the baseball diamond. But that doesn't mean he ...
Former First Baseman Keith Hernandez Dumbfounded By First Base Umpire’s Strange Positioning
In the image above, Tom Hanahan shows the positioning that is usually taken when an umpire is working first base. Which is ...
York baseball player should not have been ejected for excessive pine tar on bat
The ejection could automatically have prohibited third baseman Trevor Evans from playing in York’s subsequent game Monday at ...
Four MLB Opening Day games to watch. Plus, reviewing the robot umpires
This is The Athletic’s MLB newsletter. Sign up here to receive The Windup directly in your inbox. Two years ago on Opening ...
ABS challenge system used in spring training could become MLB ready as early as next season
After spring training wraps up next week, MLB’s competition committee will begin collecting data from players, coaches, and ...
Teams successful on 52.2% of ball/strike challenges during spring training robot umpire test
Teams won 52.2% of their ball/strike challenges during the spring training test of robot umpires, and catchers had a markedly ...
Rangers’ Josh Smith leaves game against Red Sox after collision in foul territory
Interim third baseman Josh Smith exited Saturday’s game vs. the Boston Red Sox at Globe Life Field in the first inning after ...
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Man behind the mask: Bruce Lazaruk begins 50th season as baseball umpire
Great umpires tend to blend into a baseball game, making the men in blue barely noticeable. Bruce Lazaruk is regarded one of those types of umpires. However, while he might not be seen ...