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.

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.

Hunter Wendelstedt, serving as the first-base umpire for Wednesday's game between the New York Mets and Minnesota Twins, is "fine" after being struck in the head by a foul ball during the late ...

The scary situation involving Wendelstedt is far from the first example of an MLB umpire being caught on the wrong side of a play. The fact that Wendelstedt was able to walk off on his own power ...

Per the Associated Press, Wendelstedt is in his 28th major league season as an umpire. Following his exit, second base umpire Adam Hamari moved to first for the remainder of the game.

Umpire Hunter Wendelstedt left the game he was working Wednesday after suffering a scary injury on a line drive. Wendelstedt was working first base during the game between the New York Mets and ...

Veteran MLB umpire Hunter Wendelstedt was forced to leave Wednesday's Mets-Twins game early after taking a 90mph line drive to the side of the head. At the top of the seventh inning, Mets center ...

The Philadelphia Phillies lost 10-4 against the San Franciso Giants and the whole MLB community put it all on umpire’s bad calls. The Phillies saw their crucial game slipping away from them ...

Maybe it's time an eye exam for some MLB umpires. At least LASIK, the vision correction surgery experts, think so. During the Philadelphia Phillies game against the San Francisco Giants on April ...

Longtime MLB umpire Tony Randazzo pulled off an incredible feat during Monday’s game between the San Francisco Giants and Philadelphia Phillies. Randazzo convinced everyone in the ballpark ...

Umpire Hunter Wendelstedt was hit in the head ... Hunter Wendelstedt has been umpiring MLB games since 1998 and has umpired in one All-Star game (2011) and a World Series (2014).