Positive Impact from the Umpires
Inspiration. It rarely happened. A few times there was an umpire for my tournament pickleball game. One umpire…
Chipper Jones crushes ‘toxic’ umpire Doug Eddings
Chipper Jones has had enough of a certain MLB umpire. After multiple questionable calls were made during the…
Rays’ Taylor Walls fumes at umpire after being ejected: video
One tap too many, apparently. Rays shortstop Taylor Walls was ejected during the ninth inning of Sunday’s 1-0…
Arizona Diamondbacks ace Gallen labors in latest start of up-and-down season
PHOENIX (AP) — Zac Gallen has been one of baseball’s best pitchers the past three seasons, the player…
Dodgers get bizarre run vs. Mets off blown call when ball bounces off shin
The umpires missed that one. During the second inning of Saturday’s game between the Mets and the Dodgers,…
Mets lose challenge on bizarre tag-up play that confused everyone
Well, that’s something you don’t see every day. The Mets lost a challenge on a rule that left…
Walker Buehler mocks Francisco Lindor for theatrics over ejection
Francisco Lindor got his wish, but Walker Buehler got the last laugh. Buehler, the Red Sox starter who…
Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo flips script on umpires in wild ejection meltdown
Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo attempted to play an Uno reverse card on the umps on Wednesday in his…
SNY crew blasts brutal umpiring in Mets-Diamondbacks series
Gary Cohen and Keith Hernandez didn’t hide their feelings about the umpiring crew in charge of this week’s…
MLB umpire caught cursing on hot mic after blowing call as Red Sox down Twins
Sometimes you just know you messed up. Umpire Bill Miller had a hilarious, NSFW hot-mic moment during the…
MLB umpires quietly made shifts to how they’re calling strikes in shocking ‘buffer’ change
If you think your team’s pitchers have been getting less strike calls on pitches just off the plate,…
Umpire Nic Lentz called a perfect game behind the plate in Royals-Rays
This past spring training, MLB experimented with any automated strike zone (ABS) challenge system for a majority of…