CLEVELAND, Ohio — In a surprising twist that baseball purists might never have predicted, many Major League Baseball umpires have gone from resisting automated strike zones to actively embracing them.
Next season, umpires will continue to make ball-strike calls. A challenge system will be added. Pitchers, catchers, and batters will be allowed to challenge ball-strike calls. Each review will take ...
Whether Matt Adams is a rookie or not, the Cardinals did not believe their big first baseman should have been shown up by home plate umpire Dan Belino after striking out in the ninth inning of the ...
Atlanta Braves fans will not love what infamous former umpire Joe West had to say about the great Braves pitchers of the 1990 ...
With the Automatic Ball-Strike (ABS) challenge system in line to be fully integrated in Major League games at the start of next season, it will mark the biggest rule change the sport has seen since ...