CB Bucknor, Laz Diaz, and Brian O'Nora rank among the worst-rated umpires this season, and all three have accepted buyouts to ...

The nation’s professional league added a fleet of so-called robot umpires to the field during its 2024 season, hoping to even ...

Eli Bickel, a Volcano Vista football player and Isotopes batboy began calling games at 12 years old. He wants to make it to ...

Changes are under way to recruit officials for recreational and school sports—and make sure they are treated better on the ...

Major League Baseball today announced the 2025 slate of free, one-day MLB Umpire Camps that will be held across the country this season. The MLB Umpire Camps serve as the main pathway for candidates ...

Veteran Major League Baseball umpire C.B. Bucknor will retire at the end of the 2026 season, bringing to a close a ...

Bucknor, 63, is one of six MLB umpires who started in 1999 and will take a buyout at the end of the year. Jeffrey Dean / MLB Photos via Getty Images Seven of Major League Baseball’s 76 full-time ...

Not getting yelled at enough at home? Feeling a little too popular lately? Tired of nobody telling you how wrong you are all the time? Maybe a career in professional umpiring is for you. Saturday at ...

South Korea's KBO league saw top hitters receive fewer favorable calls after adopting robotic ball-strike technology. A new ...

UmpScorecards data ranks Jen Pawol 89th out of 91 MLB umpires in ball and strike accuracy, with viral videos highlighting ...

SORRY BOSTON FANS, AT LEAST YOU HAVE. WELL, THE PATRIOTS THEY SAY. MEANTIME WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO HONOR CARROLL COUNTY UMPIRE TONIGHT WHO IS CELEBRATING TWO DECADES OF OFFICIATING. ALAN BROOME IS ...

South Australia’s baseball community has been shaken by the unexpected passing of one of its best-known umpires, 52-year-old ...