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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 is considering having some umpiring crews travel on team charter …
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 coming season allowing them to address the …
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 use in MLB games. Strike zone technology has been tested …
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 4-3 in the bottom of the ninth and had one out with Gardner facing …
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 that led to White Sox manager Rick Renteria’s ejection. Eloy …
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 after being ejected for arguing a third strike call …
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 behind the plate for the New York Yankees-Toronto Blue Jays game and didn’t call a …
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 been heavily criticized for the way he handled the situation. Astros …
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 the fifth inning, home plate umpire Fieldin Culbreth emphatically …
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 Williamsport, Penn. and went to extra innings. The game was tied 6-6 in the …
Ben Zobrist was ejected from Tuesday’s loss to the Milwaukee Brewers after cracking a line about wanting electronic umpires. Zobrist struck out looking in the sixth inning against Jhoulys Chacin on a 3-2 breaking ball outside. MLB.com showed …
Home plate umpire Marty Foster had a very quick hook in Washington on Saturday, and fans on Twitter were not happy. In the bottom of the third inning, Nationals third baseman Anthony Rendon took a called strike from New York Mets lefty Steven Matz. …
The umpiring crew in Saturday’s Game 4 of the World Series between the Los Angeles Dodgers and Houston Astros missed a call in the second inning that adversely affected the Dodgers. Yasiel Puig was batting in the second with one out and …
The Chicago Cubs turned around Game 5 of the NLDS on Thursday night against the Washington Nationals with a four-run inning in the fifth that was aided by a blown call. Max Scherzer came in to pitch the top of the fifth for Washington with his team …
Major League Baseball’s umpires dropped a protest over player behavior after just one day, but it turns out they had more than one reason for doing it. The white wristband protests ended quickly after commissioner Rob Manfred promised to meet …
Major League umpires are making a statement against the commissioner’s office by wearing white wristbands during games. According to a statement issued by the World Umpires Association, the issue stems from the league’s response to recent …
