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

Over his 50 years as an umpire, Bruce Lazaruk tries his best not to be seen on the baseball diamond. But that doesn't mean he ...

This is The Athletic’s MLB newsletter. Sign up here to receive The Windup directly in your inbox. Two years ago on Opening ...

Baseball is full of situations. What gets tricky is when those situations become incidents. This is the language of umpires.

Richard Gould says he gets enough leg exercise behind the plate as a baseball umpire. He umpires Florida State Club Baseball ...

Great umpires tend to blend into a baseball game, making the men in blue barely noticeable. Bruce Lazaruk is regarded one of those types of umpires. However, while he might not be seen ...

Gibson was recently named one of six recipients of the 2025 Murray State University Alumni Association’s Distinguished ...

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 ...

The ejection could automatically have prohibited third baseman Trevor Evans from playing in York’s subsequent game Monday at ...

Trevor Lugara kept things simple in North Penn’s Suburban One League Colonial Division opener Tuesday afternoon. The ...

Major League Baseball said Wednesday that 617 of 1,182 challenges were successful in the 288 exhibition games using the ...