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 ...

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

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

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.

And so they simply will turn to the home plate umpire and tap the side of their ... The art is the catcher framing and presenting the pitch behind the plate, the point at which a ball crosses ...

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 ...

Home plate umpire Jen Pawol calls a strike during the third inning of a March 10, 2024, spring training game between the Marlins and Astros in West Palm Beach, Fla. Royals catcher Freddy Fermin ...

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 ...