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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.
Opposing teams unite to rally around baseball umpire with cancer
In sports, sometimes there are things that are bigger than the game, as was the case between two high school baseball teams.
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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BASEBALL: Trevor Lugara pitches North Penn past CB East in Game 1
Trevor Lugara kept things simple in North Penn’s Suburban One League Colonial Division opener Tuesday afternoon. The ...
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The automated strike zone appeal went well in spring training, according to umpire Chris Conroy
Conroy is entering his third year as a crew chief and has been a Major League umpire for 13 1/2 seasons. He had home plate ...
Baseball was largely unchanged for more than a century — now MLB is trying to shake things up
The sport has seen a flurry of rule adjustments in just the past decade and a half, with more on the horizon. America's ...
These tough old-timers stay in the game by going to the gym | Mark Ryan
Richard Gould says he gets enough leg exercise behind the plate as a baseball umpire. He umpires Florida State Club Baseball ...
Chicago Cubs help Athletics open their new-to-them ballpark in West Sacramento: ‘It’s a new baseball experience’
The Chicago Cubs are part of the first major-league series played at Sutter Heath Park, a Triple-A stadium the Athletics are ...
Blue Jays manager calls out umpire in hilarious hot mic moment: ‘How the f–k are you gonna call that?’
Blue Jays manager John Schneider was not happy with a first-inning call on Friday night. And everyone at home heard him.