Gillaspie entered the game with two outs in the first inning and with the bases loaded. He then told the home plate umpire he ...

Torpedo bats are all the rage this season, and Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred says he believes all that ...

Major League Baseball umpires work in an environment of constant and often high-stakes scrutiny. The post “Angel Hernandez ...

Aaron Judge didn’t waste time reaching another milestone. In his 999th career game, the Yankees captain launched a three-run ...

1974 — In the opener in Atlanta, Hank Aaron broke Babe Ruth’s career record by hitting his 715th home run off Los Angeles left-hander Al Downing in the fourth inning. The Braves beat the Dodgers 7-4 ...

Imagine stepping up to the plate, locking in on a pitch, and watching it sail outside the zone—only for the ump to call it a ...

Conroy is entering his third year as a crew chief and has been a Major League umpire for 13 1/2 seasons. He had home plate ...

Baseball is full of situations. What gets tricky is when those situations become incidents. This is the language of umpires.

The Pirates bullpen only converted 60% of its saves (24th in MLB). They blew 29 saves, tied for third most. At the plate, the team’s OPS in late-close games was .636 (25th in the league).

The start of the 2025 MLB season is here, and with it comes betting odds for the first slate of matchups. The season starts Thursday with an afternoon contest between the Milwaukee Brewers and New ...

Anil Chaudhary did the umpire’s duty during the past 17 editions of the IPL but he has now slipped into the role of a commentator this season after turning 60 last week. It effectively signalled his ...

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 ...