Baseball has been undergoing some pretty dramatic changes. The sport may still be timeless in a sense, but it is now timed.

Baseball is full of situations. What gets tricky is when those situations become incidents. This is the language of umpires.

Richard Glazer, 82, will put on his blue shirt and start his 28th year as a baseball umpire, now with the Tri-State Elite ...

Over his 50 years as an umpire, Bruce Lazaruk tries his best not to be seen on the baseball diamond. But that doesn't mean he ...

He hasn’t even pitched yet this season, but Chris Paddack says he’s already earned a memorable distinction in 2025. “I’m the guy who challenged a pitch a foot and a half from the strike zone,” the ...

Was the Automated Ball-Strike (ABS) system novel? Yes, though maybe not to Max Scherzer. Effective? According to the data, ...

In the image above, Tom Hanahan shows the positioning that is usually taken when an umpire is working first base. Which is ...

The Automated Ball-Strike System (ABS), which uses Hawk-Eye technology was rolled up from the minors into the majors for an ...

As baseball season gets underway, 82-year-old Richard Glazer is gearing up for his 28th year as a baseball umpire. The Cherry ...

This is The Athletic’s MLB newsletter. Sign up here to receive The Windup directly in your inbox. Two years ago on Opening ...

The melting snow is a reminder that sunnier, much warmer days are ahead for the region. And with those warmer days will come ...