New York Magazine on MSN7dOpinion
Is Baseball Without Umpires Still Even Baseball?
And as long as baseball has been a constant, so too has the umpire. The looming figure in blue with a booming voice and the ...
Courier-Post6d
Man behind the mask: Bruce Lazaruk begins 50th season as baseball umpire
Great umpires tend to blend into a baseball game, making the men in blue barely noticeable. Bruce Lazaruk is regarded one of those types of umpires. However, while he might not be seen ...
Athlon Sports4d
Umpire's Embarrassing Blunder Gets Viral Attention in Mariners-Athletics Game
Athletics outfielder Seth Brown made a strange bit of MLB history in Friday's win over the Seattle Mariners-- thanks to an odd blunder from the umpire. Brown had a patient at-bat in the top of the ...
The New York Times10d
What we learned from MLB’s spring robot-umpire test: Players, managers, execs weigh in
And we’re at a point in Triple A where we have a system that the players like, the coaches like, the umpires like and the fans like.” So this was the logical next step — to find out whether ...