On the other side, Shag Crawford, Jerry Crawford (Shag’s son), Tom Hallion, Bruce Froemming ... This is a case where statistics don’t lie. MLB has instituted an automatic ball-strike system at the ...

It's that important." As a result of a rule change in the 2025 MLB collective bargaining agreement, umpires are permitted to display their arm tattoos above the elbow for the first time in league ...

If Houston's Josh Hader isn't the nastiest closer in the game, I don't know who is. He throws hard, from a tough angle and seems like he's all ...

How does that even happen? It really doesn't get much worse than that for an MLB umpire. You'd have to go back to 2017 to find a worse performance behind the plate than what we saw from Johnson on ...

MLB umpires catch a lot of heat when they miss calls or make egregious mistakes during games. It's just part of the job. But they should also be applauded when they do something awesome during a game.

Keith Hernandez had himself a day on Sunday — and really, a whole weekend in St. Louis. This is hardly uncharted territory for the outspoken Hernandez. Earlier this season, he was probably less ...

With less than 50 games under his belt, James Jean easily ranks among the least experienced active major league umpires. However, practice makes perfect, and Jean could eventually become a crew ...

(WCIV) — In June of 2024, a set of twin brothers from Fort Dorchester High School were working to fulfill their dreams of being major league umpires together. On Sunday, that dream officially ...

Placing the call was Rick Rieker, head of umpires for Major League Baseball. Rieker built the suspense with May by making some jokes before connecting him with Michael Hill, senior vice president ...

After spending over two decades on MLB mounds, San Francisco Giants pitcher Justin Verlander is arguably the most qualified big-leaguer to opine on umpires’ strike zones. Unsurprisingly ...

Arizona Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo was run out of Wednesday afternoon’s game against the San Francisco Giants, and he wanted the umpires to run with him. Lovullo was tossed from the game ...