The unusual circumstances surrounding the 2020 MLB season could lead to an odd mix between teams and umpires. Los Angeles Angels manager Joe Maddon confirmed on Monday that the league…
Major League Baseball is reportedly making a significant change to how umpires can communicate about reviewed calls in 2020. According to ESPN’s Pedro Gomez, umpires will wear microphones starting this…
Major League Baseball will begin testing a computerized strike zone during spring training this season, but those most familiar with the system believe it isn’t close to being ready for…
New York Yankees fans are furious with umpire Joe West for blowing a call during Brett Gardner’s final at-bat on Friday night. The Yankees were trailing the Toronto Blue Jays…
Angel Hernandez was at the center of some bad calls during Sunday’s Minnesota Twins-Chicago White Sox game. The veteran umpire blew a call in the sixth inning of the game…
MLB issued a statement on Tuesday in response to the Umpires’ Association statement about the Manny Machado suspension. Machado was suspended one game for making contact with umpire Bill Welke…
Umpire Angel Hernandez continues to make us wonder how he keeps his job. Hernandez had one of the worst blown strike calls of the season on Tuesday night. He was…
Two Houston Astros coaches were ejected for arguing balls and strikes early in Wednesday night’s game against the Texas Rangers, but it is home plate umpire Ron Kulpa who has…
Monday’s tiebreaker game between the Milwaukee Brewers and Chicago Cubs was so exciting that even the home plate umpire had trouble keeping track of the count. In the bottom of…
A poorly-positioned umpire played a role in a walk-off win at the Little League World Series on Monday night. Texas and Georgia were squaring off in an elimination game at…
