When Bill Vikara received the call inviting him back to umpire the Little League World Series, he joined an elite group – only a select few umpires nationwide earn the rare honor of working youth ...

(CNN) — Baseball umpire Jen Pawol made history Saturday in Atlanta as she became the first woman to umpire a Major League Baseball regular season game. Pawol worked at first base in Game 1 of the ...

ATLANTA — Jen Pawol breezed through Sunday's game between the Miami Marlins and the Atlanta Braves as if breaking a gender barrier was just another day on the job. Considering Pawol became the first ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Robot umpires are coming to the big leagues in 2026 after Major League Baseball’s 11-man competition committee on Tuesday approved use of the Automated Ball/Strike System. ABS will be ...

The North Shore Baseball Umpires Association is offering a course to certify umps for games from Little League to men's ...

Here's what to know about MLB's robot umps. How does the Automated Ball-Strike System work? Stadiums are outfitted with cameras that track each pitch and judge whether it crossed home plate within the ...

NEW YORK — Alfonso Márquez is working his seventh League Championship Series, serving as a crew chief along with James Hoye. Ryan Additon, Ben May, Adam Beck and John Libka are working the LCS for the ...

Stadiums are outfitted with cameras that track each pitch and judge whether it crossed home plate within the strike zone. In early testing, umpires wore ear buds and would hear “ball” or “strike,” ...