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Baseball Seeks an Answer to a 150-Year-Old Question: What Is a Swing?
In a bid to settle the unending argument over when exactly a batter has swung at a pitch, MLB is launching a replay program ...
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Baseball World Erupts in Fury as Shocking Umpiring Stats Raise Demand for Massive Overhaul
At first, it was Angel Hernandez, Joe West and CB Bucknor, now it is Chris Conroy, Mike Estabrook, and John Bacon. Veteran MLB umpire Conroy missed 24 calls in a single game of the Pittsburgh ...
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Fans Roast Veteran Umpire After Incredibly Poor Game
At the current rate, Major League Baseball is likely ... to use it because the umpires have fragile egos.” Added another: “Angel Hernandez, CB Buckner, and Joe West would be proud.” ...
MLB changed its evaluation of umpires, leading to fewer called strikes on edges of zone, per report
Changes to the way Major League Baseball evaluates umpires has resulted in fewer called strikes on the edges of the zone through the first month of the 2025 season, reports The Athletic. The change ...
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MLB made a change that players say shrank the strike zone — and caught them by surprise
Advertisement By Jayson Stark, Ken Rosenthal and Eno Sarris In the winter, Major League Baseball negotiated a seemingly simple change in how home-plate umpires are graded and evaluated.