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

Great umpires tend to blend into a baseball game ... aided by a thick skin and the ability to block out any vocal barbs thrown his way. “I’ve trained myself not to hear anything,” Lazaruk ...

Yet these logistical, cultural and technical shifts mean something for umpires just starting out, too. Who signs up for the unforgiving grind of becoming an umpire now? Start with the 56 ...

Carlton fans have taken their anger out on coach Michael Voss and the umpires after the Blues recorded their third ...

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His showmanship related to baiting umpires in ways that entertained fans and fired up his players. His argument tactics included feigning heart attacks, ripping bases out of the ground ...

The at-bat got some viral attention when it was shared by Jomboy Media in a post on X, which pointed out that even the announcing ... really embarrassing for the umpires and MLB?