Umpires 1, Manny Machado 0. Manny Machado will finally serve a one-game suspension Tuesday night after an argument last month with umpire Bill Welke, which led to an umpire’s union outburst that set ...

Tony Vitello was never afraid to put it all on the line when he was the head coach at Tennessee. Known for arguments, ejections and even a couple of suspensions, will he change his way in the MLB as ...

Baseball has survived scandals, rule changes, and generational shifts, but few topics have split the sport like the push ...

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Major League Baseball said it was inappropriate for the umpire's union to comment on the one-game suspension levied against San Diego Padres star Manny Machado for his conduct ...

With the Automatic Ball-Strike (ABS) challenge system in line to be fully integrated in Major League games at the start of next season, it will mark the biggest rule change the sport has seen since ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

The automated ball-strike (ABS) challenge system will also allow umpires to flag a specific pitch to see if they got the call correct.

CLEVELAND, Ohio — In a surprising twist that baseball purists might never have predicted, many Major League Baseball umpires have gone from resisting automated strike zones to actively embracing them.

Let’s get one thing established off the bat: the Philadelphia Phillies did not lose the NLDS because of poor umpiring, not when the Phillies dropped three games by a combined four runs. However, ...