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Is Baseball Without Umpires Still Even Baseball?
Baseball has been undergoing some pretty dramatic changes. The sport may still be timeless in a sense, but it is now timed.
MLB’s Umpire School Is Adapting to a New Era of Increased Scrutiny
Who signs up for the unforgiving grind of becoming an umpire now? Start with the 56 candidates at MLB Umpire Prospect ...
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Man behind the mask: Bruce Lazaruk begins 50th season as baseball umpire
Over his 50 years as an umpire, Bruce Lazaruk tries his best not to be seen on the baseball diamond. But that doesn't mean he ...
Announcer stunned by umpire's behavior
Keith Hernandez played more than 2,000 MLB games at first base, and he’s in his 20th season working as a TV analyst on New ...
What the data from MLB’s spring robot-umpire test says about baseball’s future
Was the Automated Ball-Strike (ABS) system novel? Yes, though maybe not to Max Scherzer. Effective? According to the data, ...
Teams successful on 52.2% of ball/strike challenges during spring training robot umpire test
Major League Baseball said Wednesday that 617 of 1,182 challenges were successful in the 288 exhibition games using the ...
The 82-year-old baseball ump from Cherry Hill | Inquirer Cherry Hill
As baseball season gets underway, 82-year-old Richard Glazer is gearing up for his 28th year as a baseball umpire. The Cherry ...
Robot umpires take to the field for baseball's spring training | The Excerpt
The Automated Ball-Strike System (ABS), which uses Hawk-Eye technology was rolled up from the minors into the majors for an ...
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South Jersey umpire honored after serving 50 years on the diamond
A man in a league of his own, Bruce Lazaruk, was honored Wednesday for dedicating 50 years of service as an umpire on the ...
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'If you don't have umpires, you can't play baseball': Portage umpire chief alerting residents to local ump clinic
The melting snow is a reminder that sunnier, much warmer days are ahead for the region. And with those warmer days will come ...
What we learned from MLB’s spring robot-umpire test: Players, managers, execs weigh in
What did we learn from watching the robot umps — and talking to people throughout the game about ABS — this spring? Let's discuss!