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First blood has been drawn by … the umpires with MLB’s new automated ball-strike (ABS) challenge system. The New York Yankees and the San Francisco Giants officially kicked off the 2026 MLB season with a meeting on Wednesday at Oracle …
Home plate umpire Bill Miller had an embarrassing hot mic moment during Saturday’s spring training game that he probably wishes he could forget. Miller’s ball call was challenged by the San Francisco Giants in the top of the fourth inning …
It is rare, but not completely unheard of, for MLB players to lose track of the count or how many outs there are. It is particularly embarrassing when it happens to the home plate umpire. Ultimately, that is what happened to umpire Derek Thomas …
Major League Baseball will have a female umpire this weekend for the first time in its history. Minor league umpire Jen Pawol will work all three games of a doubleheader this weekend between the Miami Marlins and Atlanta Braves in Atlanta. The two …
CB Bucknor has gotten extremely consistent with his inconsistency. The veteran MLB umpire Bucknor sparked backlash online Monday with his latest atrocious call. Bucknor was behind home plate for Monday’s game between the Chicago White Sox and …
Home plate umpire Chad Whitson endured a scary moment during Saturday’s game between the Seattle Mariners and Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field in Chicago, Il. Prior to the top of the sixth inning, the game was briefly delayed, and both teams came …
Yoshinobu Yamamoto had a mini Armando Galarraga moment on Thursday night. The Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Yamamoto was robbed of an immaculate inning during Thursday’s game against the San Diego Padres by home plate umpire Marvin Hudson. …
Laz Diaz must have had his mask on backwards during Tuesday’s game. The veteran MLB umpire was behind home plate for the Texas Rangers-Tampa Bay Rays game at George M. Steinbrenner Field in Tampa, Fla. During the fourth inning, Rays outfielder …
The Philadelphia Phillies’ late-inning rally on Friday night got a little bit of help from the umpiring crew. Philadelphia pulled off a come-from-behind win over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Friday at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia, Pa. The …
Sean Barber appeared to be asleep at the wheel for a brief moment during Sunday’s game. The veteran umpire Barber was behind home plate at George Steinbrenner Field in Tampa, Fla. for the series finale between the Tampa Bay Rays and the …
Umpire Bill Miller was certainly disappointed in his own performance during Friday’s game between the Boston Red Sox and the Minnesota Twins. Miller was behind home plate for the contest at Fenway Park in Boston, Mass. During the eighth inning, …
San Diego Padres first baseman Luis Arraez thinks umpires are giving him the cold shoulder over some comments he made at the start of spring training. Arraez said this week that some umpires have refused to engage with him after he said they were …
Just a couple of days into the 2025 MLB season, we may have already gotten the weirdest moment of the year. On Saturday night, Jomboy Media shared an interesting (and bizarre) revelation from a game the night before between the Seattle Mariners and …
Much like playes, umpires have gotten better over the years. But umpires are still improving and even they have their bad moments. One video that was shared on Tuesday shows some of the worst umpiring moments from the season. An X account called …
Bryce Harper has become the latest MLB player to offer his own suggestion on how to improve umpiring standards in Major League Baseball. Speaking at All-Star Game media day Monday, Harper suggested that umpires who grade out as the best should be …
Laz Diaz was behind the plate for Friday night’s game between the Philadelphia Phillies and Atlanta Braves, and the umpire’s performance can be best described with two words — consistently bad. According to a calculation by Umpire …
