MLB’s Umpire School Is Adapting to a New Era of Increased Scrutiny
Baseball is full of situations. What gets tricky is when those situations become incidents. This is the language of umpires.
What we learned from MLB’s spring robot-umpire test: Players, managers, execs weigh in
What did we learn from watching the robot umps — and talking to people throughout the game about ABS — this spring? Let's discuss!
New York Magazine6d
Is This the Last Season Baseball Umpires Really Matter?
Even though the league had enough leverage in labor negotiations with the umpires union to win the right to test and implement ABS, league officials seem mindful of what umpires bring to the game ...
Berkshire Eagle4d
The automated strike zone appeal went well in spring training, according to umpire Chris Conroy
According to statistics released Wednesday by Major League Baseball, 52.2 percent of ball-strike challenges this spring resulted in a successful overturn of the home-plate umpire’s original call — up ...