Baseball is full of situations. What gets tricky is when those situations become incidents. This is the language of umpires. A situation is a flash of irritatio ...

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

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 ...

What did we learn from watching the robot umps — and talking to people throughout the game about ABS — this spring? Let's discuss!

MLB legend Alex Rodriguez talks about the Yankees having beards and what advice he has for Juan Soto before making a ...

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 ...

the wall behind home plate has changed and the umpire tunnel has been removed. Jordan Shusterman and Jake Mintz recap all the ...

At 1:54 ET on Saturday afternoon, New York Yankees play-by-play man Michael Kay lit the fuse on what will be remembered as ...

This year's weather won't be all that bad. But early spring hasn't always been kind to the boys of summer. Here are some ...