Colorado Rockies manager Bud Black hasn't guided his team to the playoffs since 2018. He has, instead, led the Rockies to consecutive 100-loss seasons for the first time in franchise history.

Bettmann / Getty Images As the first black umpire in Major League Baseball, Emmett Ashford encountered plenty of hostility. The pitcher Jim Bouton documented Ashford’s difficulties in Ball Four ...

Manager Bud Black, however, said afterward that Freeland ... Replays confirmed home-plate umpire D.J. Rayburn's out call on the field. Not only was the out call in question but the fact that ...