Playing in the World Series is obviously a great honor, but the same can be said for umpiring it. Major League Baseball tries to make the World Series the premier event of the season, which includes ...

MLB umpires can take over a game more than fans, managers or players would like. They have a hard job, but one missed call can swing a given game, series or season. We've even seen that during these ...

TORONTO (AP) — Mark Wegner will be the World Series umpire crew chief for the first time, joined by Jordan Baker, Adam Hamari, Adrian Johnson, Will Little, Alan Porter and John Tumpane for the matchup ...

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.

Major League Baseball is doing what it can to maintain interest in baseball. That includes rule changes, which have not been well received by some dire-hard seamheads. Overall, the mission is to ...

Major League Baseball will test robot umpires as part of a challenge system during spring training at 13 ballparks hosting 19 teams, which could lead to regular-season use in 2026. MLB has been ...

As if this World Series hadn't given us enough drama already, we got some good, old-fashioned umpiring controversy in Game 6 on Friday night, one that — at least in one fan base's view — may have cost ...