Is it a baseball game if umpire Angel Hernandez doesn’t steal ... “Three consecutive pitches well off the plate. . . That’s just so obvious. That was terrible.” Langford didn’t protest ...

In this year’s baseball spring training, the new Automated Ball-Strike System is helping settle challenges to home plate ...

Major League Baseball players like to believe that they could call a game better than the umpire standing behind home plate.

In that system, the home plate umpire calls balls and ... The system helps create more consistent and accurate calls behind the plate, while making umpire errors more rare. Though some complain ...

Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred is an advocate of the Automated Ball-Strike System, which potentially as early as 2026 could be used to aid MLB home plate umpires, but not replace them.

Umpire Aidan Wiles was calling the game on ... him to safety just seconds after the dust devil whipped up behind home plate. Never miss a story — sign up for PEOPLE's free daily newsletter ...

Who called the pitch behind the plate? Jen Pawol, the former Hofstra softball star who is trying to become the first woman to umpire a game in the major leagues. Last spring the 48-year-old Pawol ...

Calling the pitch behind the plate? Former Hofstra softball star Jen Pawol, who is trying to become the first woman to umpire a game in the major leagues. Last year, Pawol, who attended umpire ...