Sports Illustrated

Shohei Ohtani Shows Great Concern for Umpire, Breaks Hitless Streak With Home Run

Shohei Ohtani is one-of-one. Not just because he is the only player in MLB history to have ever hit 50 home runs and steal 50 bases in one season. Not just because he's the first guy to regularly hit ...
Yahoo! Sports

Man behind the mask: Bruce Lazaruk begins 50th season as baseball umpire

Great umpires tend to blend into a baseball game, making the men in blue barely noticeable. Bruce Lazaruk is regarded one of those types of umpires. However, while he might not be seen, he’s ...
Yahoo! Sports

Jeff Passan: ABS is actually revealing how great MLB umpires are doing

Yahoo Sports Daily hosts Caroline Fenton and Jason Fitz are joined by ESPN senior MLB insider Jeff Passan to discuss the impact of the automated ball-strike (ABS) challenge system on how MLB umpires ...
The New York Times

Before ump Jen Pawol’s breakthrough moment, others came close — and now celebrate from afar

Sitting all the way in the back of a classroom, Ria Cortesio could barely hold her emotions together. It’s been more than 18 years since Cortesio worked as an umpire in a Major League spring training ...
The New York Times

Inside MLB’s new ABS challenge system: Which umpires, teams and players thrived and struggled

Over the season's first three days, the Automated Ball-Strike challenge system has changed things drastically. Steph Chambers / Getty Images It took all of five days for Major League Baseball’s ...