The MLB has had its fair share of controversial umpire calls, especially over the past week. In Sunday's Yankees-Rays game, ...

MLB umpires are better at their jobs than ever ... “You’d watch video tapes if you were lucky to get them,” he says. It was not unusual for an umpire to reach the majors without ever ...

The looming figure in blue with a booming voice and the personality of a junkyard dog has always been a unique character ... The recently retired umpire Jim Reynolds, now MLB’s umpire supervisor ...

Batters, pitchers and catchers were able to challenge a home plate umpire’s ball or strike call. Powered by Hawk-Eye ball-tracking technology, the automated ball-strike system replays the pitch ...

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"It was like I was watching it in slow motion," is howNew York Mets player Tyrone Taylor describes the frightening moment of ...

MLB umpire Mark Ripperger is receiving praise for how he called a recent game. Ripperger was behind home plate for Thursday's game between the Kansas City Royals and the Minnesota Twins.

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