Most new players found the league by accident. They were just walking through Golden Gate Park when they saw something they ...

When Carl Gibbs finishes his regular work week as a criminal investigator for death penalty cases, the 69-year-old puts on his black suit ... Gibbs isn’t an umpire, but a “sir,” the original ...

Baseball has been undergoing some pretty dramatic changes. The sport may still be timeless in a sense, but it is now timed.

One of which was Phillies catcher J.T. Realmuto, who had some mixed feelings about the robot umpires. "I like it as a hitter," said Realmuto. "I don't really like it as a catcher as much ...

It proved to be a simple operation, with the pitcher, catcher or hitter signaling to the umpire they want to challenge a call by tapping their helmet. The strike zone is determined by the width of ...

Teams won 52.2% of their ball/strike challenges during the spring training test of robot umpires, and catchers had a markedly better success rate than pitchers. Major League Baseball said ...

NEW YORK -- Major League Baseball teams won 52.2% of their ball/strike challenges during the spring training test of robot umpires, and catchers had a markedly better success rate than pitchers.

When a batter or a catcher or a pitcher disagrees with the umpire’s call, they have the chance to tap their head, which has become the signal, and they quickly check to see if the ball hit the strike ...