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.
Today in Sports - Week Ahead, April 4 - April 10
1971 — The first legal off-track betting (OTB) system in the United States opens in New York City. 1974 — In the home opener ...
The Philly area’s oldest umpire is 82 and spends his days calling strikes and asking sports history questions
Since he was a child, Cherry Hill resident Richard Glazer has loved baseball. Now at 82, he spends about six months a year as ...
Remembering baseball’s little-known Hudson River League of the early 1900s
The short-lived league had teams in Poughkeepsie and Kingston, among others, and is known “for several oddities and firsts,” ...
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!
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South Jersey umpire honored after serving 50 years on the diamond
American Legion, Babe Ruth and little league games. "I'm pleased that I'm still umpiring baseball. I am doing what I like," ...
Major League Baseball's 10 oldest ballparks, as of 2025
In Major League Baseball, there are old ballparks, and then there are really old ballparks — the kind built more than a ...
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Baseball 101: Things we don't see anymore
72. TEENAGE UMPIRES. Three 19-year-olds worked in 1876, the National League’s inaugural season, according to the Society for American Baseball Research. 73. ROUND "COOKIE CUTTER" multi-purpose ...
Royals 11, Brewers 1: Things go from bad to worse in home opener at American Family Field
With home runs by Maikel Garcia and Salvador Perez, Milwaukee has allowed 17 in 34 innings. And the Brewers have surrendered ...