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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.
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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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 ...
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Baseball Hall of Famer George Brett recounts his biggest golf course meltdown
Hall of Fame third baseman George Brett was known for his fiery side during his playing days. It extended to the golf course ...
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 ...
Jazz Chisholm makes disrespectful move with home plate umpire
New York Yankees infielder Jazz Chisholm made a totally disrespectful move toward a home plate umpire in Tuesday's spring training game, but he managed to ...
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.