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 ...

There’s a little extra spark when the Boston Red Sox and Texas Rangers play one another, sometimes leading to arguments with ...

One big change for the St. Louis Cardinals’ spring training experience this year is the arrival of an automated ball-strike system (ABS), unofficially known by some as robot umpires. TrackMan ...

Spring training this year has featured another seismic twist: the chance for the pitcher, catcher, or batter to overturn the umpire’s ball or strike call with ... for a really bad pitch that ...

Since veteran major-league umpires were told by the league just to call their normal zone ... It all starts with the strike zone. Too bad the strike zone you’ll find in your rule book isn ...

So you keep the human element still with the umpire. (And) you’re just trying to get rid of the egregious calls.” I listened to him argue that pitchers should still get a strike called when ...

Rather than tossing a bright red flag, like NFL coaches do during games, the batter, pitcher or catcher may tap their hat or helmet to challenge an umpire’s ball-strike call. Hawk-Eye technology ...

Unhappy with the call, Soto exchanged a few words with the umpire before walking back to ... “Weird bc it was clearly a strike lol,” a fan said. Several others echoed similar sentiments ...

Blue Jays manager John Schneider was not happy with a first-inning call on Friday night ... Despite a protest to home plate umpire Will Little that the ball grazed his foot and that he did ...

The Pittsburgh Pirates blew their Opening Day game vs. the Miami Marlins, but a clear missed call cost them dearly. Pirates right-handed relief pit ...

So, for now, umpires, batters, and the occasional irate manager can still meet at home plate to snarl over balls and strike calls.