If umpires are discussed after a game, we probably didn’t do a spectacular job. When we’re not noticed, that’s spectacular enough. We relish being the only people who don’t care who wins.

Ondrovic was a three-sport athlete at Emmaus and lettered in baseball, football, and track for four years before graduating in 1951. But it was his officiating in football, basketball, and baseball ...

Fans are often critical when it comes to blown calls, and a recent incident sparked frustration on social media. During the ...

MLB has been experimenting with the automated ball-strike system in the minor leagues since 2019 and will use it in an ...

A New Jersey youth baseball umpire who was brutally attacked by a coach and left with a broken jaw during a 2022 game in Branchburg was awarded $650,000 in damages following a two-day civil trial ...

Baseball is a game of failure for everyone—except umpires. Calvin Wells is a retired Pasadena firefighter, a Pony League president and an umpire. This was written forZócalo Public Square.

Robot umpires unlikely coming to MLB in 2025 amid ‘technical issues’ By Dylan Svoboda Published May 23, 2024, 9:20 p.m. ET ...

One issue is what shape of a strike zone the system would be programmed to recognize. Manfred has said in the past that the strike zone as called by umpires looks more round than one might expect ...