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.
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Is This the Last Season Baseball Umpires Really Matter?
Baseball has been undergoing some pretty dramatic changes. The sport may still be timeless in a sense, but it is now timed.
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Teams successful on 52.2% of ball/strike challenges during spring training robot umpire test
NEW YORK — Teams won 52.2% of their ball/strike challenges during the spring training test of robot umpires, and catchers had a markedly better success rate than pitchers. Major League Baseball said ...
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MLB’s Umpire School Is Adapting to a New Era of Increased Scrutiny
It’s little surprise that “MLB umpire” is one job the American public seems particularly ... (This is the version being tested in some games at major league spring training.) ...