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With the immaculate outing, Ripperger became just the second MLB umpire in the Umpire Scorecards era (since 2015) to turn in ...

Let’s give credit where credit is due — especially when it’s this rare. With all the headlines lately dragging MLB umpires through the mud for missed calls, ...

The Royals defeated the Twins on Thursday. Umpire Scorecards shined a light on MLB umpire Mark Ripperger for what they concluded was a perfectly called game.

Umpire Scorecards, which uses MLB's advanced pitch tracking data to rate the accuracy of home-plate umpires and the impact of ...

The Kansas City Royals beat the Minnesota Twins 3-2 on Thursday at Kauffman Stadium. With the win, the Royals are now 7-6 on ...

No, neither the Royals’ Michael Wacha nor the Twins’ Bailey Ober threw a perfect game, which is evident by the final score. The Royals won 3-2, but the perfect game was from home-plate umpire Mark ...

The umpires and match officials have been announced for this month's ICC Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier. The six-team tournament will take place in Pakistan between April 9-19, with two sides to ...

Kolkata Knight Riders posted an 80-run victory over Sunrisers Hyderabad at Eden Gardens. Pat Cummins returned the bowling figures of 1-44 and made 14 with the bat. Travis Head was dismissed for 4 ...

Died: 12/27/1995, Springfield, Ill. • Barlick was a professional umpire for five decades, including 27 seasons working in the National League. He reached the Majors at the age of 25 in 1940 and ...