In an interview, the commissioner said torpedo bats are good and challenges for balls and strikes are likely on the way.

Referees and umpires can impact games, but they don't COST teams games. The same was true on Friday afternoon when the ...

YOU MIGHT not know the name Gerry Davis, but if you were a Red Sox fan in 2004, he played a key role in one of the happiest moments of your life. Standing behind first baseman Doug Mientkiewicz as ...

There’s a little extra spark when the Boston Red Sox and Texas Rangers play one another, sometimes leading to arguments with ...

Imagine stepping up to the plate, locking in on a pitch, and watching it sail outside the zone—only for the ump to call it a ...

Tigers being extra cautious with Gleyber Torres, who was held out of the starting lineup Saturday because of rib cage ...

Baseball is full of situations. What gets tricky is when those situations become incidents. This is the language of umpires. A situation is a flash of irritatio ...

Baseball has been undergoing some pretty dramatic changes. The sport may still be timeless in a sense, but it is now timed.

How can AI umpires reduce human error in sports adjudication? Explore whether AI referees can ensure fair play in the MLB, ...

What did we learn from watching the robot umps — and talking to people throughout the game about ABS — this spring? Let's discuss!

"Hope springs eternal," as they say. And it's a useful phrase at this moment in the baseball calendar, with teams across MLB at a new season with wide eyes and optimistic hearts. Here's the bad ...

On a special episode (first released on March 21, 2025) of The Excerpt podcast: Technology and tradition are converging this spring training as AI-based umpires are tried out as part of MLB's ...