On the baseball diamond. Currently employed by the White Sox, Sopko was one of 50 candidates in the MLB Umpire Prospect Development Camp held in January at the Jackie Robinson Training Complex, the ...

The Dodgers balked, and Black opted to work instead for 3M company in Decatur. Sixty-four years later, Black is a happily retired Moulton resident and renowned former youth baseball umpire. He was ...

‘Science may make a mechanical man,” declared Major League Baseball Hall of Fame umpire Bill McGowen in 1938, “but it will never turn out an umpire.” Sorry ...

Human umpires have been a part of the game of baseball for as long as the game has existed. But baseball has been testing a concept that would eliminate human ...

MLB is preparing the automated ball-strike system, or ABS, for "its biggest test yet this spring training." The upcoming spring experiment "will employ the 'challenge' system," in which human umpires ...

Jackie Robinson inspired countless Black athletes to pick up a glove and bat to play baseball -- but his impact goes far beyond those who played the game. Case in point: Emmett Ashford. Fifty-eight ...

WICHITA FALLS, Texas (KAUZ)- The Texoma area has a shortage of umpires for high school baseball. The Wichita Falls Umpire Association is short about 15 to 20 umpires from where they would like to ...

“His witty quips about the umpires even had the arbiters grinning ... his hometown Milwaukee Brewers and cemented his place in baseball legend, leading to a spot in the Hall of Fame, Miller ...

MLB Insider: What I'm hearing about Michael King, Dylan Cease and the Padres ...

So far, the San Diego Padres' offseason will be remembered for two things: missing out on Roki Sasaki and the start of a bareknuckle ownership fight. As it turns out, the two might be related.

Major League Baseball (MLB) has taken a monumental step towards the future by introducing robo umpires, set to revolutionize the Orioles’ spring training in 2025. This move marks a significant shift ...