Now, imagine that happening 20 times in one game. That’s exactly what went down in the Astros vs. Mets season opener, ...
There’s a little extra spark when the Boston Red Sox and Texas Rangers play one another, sometimes leading to arguments with ...
Blue Jays manager John Schneider was not happy with a first-inning call on Friday night. And everyone at home heard him.
Toronto Blue Jays manager John Schneider voiced his displeasure with home plate umpire Will Little's call in the first inning ...
Baseball is full of situations. What gets tricky is when those situations become incidents. This is the language of umpires.
But in any other era, the very idea of reversing an umpire’s pitch call would be unthinkable. No longer. Witness Jazz Chisholm’s challenge of a punch-out and his insouciant jog to first base ...
Some had just a bit. But all had stood out in some way to MLB. Scouting those potential umpires is more than just seeing how they call balls and strikes, which they do at length in batting cages.