“We just do different drills,” Shriver said. “A lot of what they’re looking for now is your plate mechanics.” All nominated ...

MLB umpire Mark Ripperger is receiving praise for how he called a recent game. Ripperger was behind home plate for Thursday's game between the Kansas City Royals and the Minnesota Twins.

What gets tricky is when those situations become incidents. This is the language of umpires. A situation is a flash of irritation, a simmering temper, a plea for reconsideration. (Think of ...

On a special episode (first released on March 21, 2025) of The Excerpt podcast: Technology and tradition are converging this spring training as AI-based umpires are tried out as part of MLB's ...

MLB umpire Hunter Wendelstedt was able to walk off the field Wednesday after taking a line drive to his head while working first base during the game between the Minnesota Twins and New York Mets.

Mark Ripperger apparently does not miss. The MLB umpire Ripperger pulled off a very impressive feat on Thursday during the Kansas City Royals-Minnesota Twins game. Ripperger was behind home plate ...

Umpire CB Bucknor probably lucked out there because Sunday would have been an embarrassing day for him at Coors Field if ABS was in place. Bucknor — despite not garnering Angel Hernandez-level ...

In the spring training battle of pitchers, catchers and batters vs. borderline strike calls from umpires, the players prevailed – but just barely. Major League Baseball’s tryout of a challenge ...

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 ...

Despite a protest to home plate umpire Will Little that the ball grazed his foot and that he did not swing, Little called Giménez out on a swing for the second out. Out came Schneider ...