Umpiring

Rays benefit from a missed call on the basepaths in World Series Game 4

Oct 27, 2026 @ 10:03pm

The Tampa Bay Rays got a Hamburger Helper during Tuesday’s game. Tampa Bay hosted the Milwaukee Brewers for Game 4 of the 2026 World Series on Tuesday. During the fourth inning at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Fla., the Rays had a runner on second with one out as outfielder Jonny DeLuca batted. DeLuca hit … The post Rays benefit from a missed call on the basepaths in World Series Game 4 appeared first on Larry Brown Sports.

You won't believe how bad the home plate-umpiring was in Sunday's Yankees-Blue Jays game – sportingnews.com

Aug 17, 2026 @ 12:05pm

Baseball > MLB > New York Yankees > Toronto Blue Jays

Sporting News

You won't believe how bad the home plate-umpiring was in Sunday's Yankees-Blue Jays game sportingnews.com

The MLB umpires getting the most exposed by ABS in its first month

Apr 20, 2026 @ 11:36pm

Baseball > MLB

FanSided

One month into our braves new roboump world ... the umpiring has not adjusted.

The MLB teams using ABS challenges better than everyone else

Apr 17, 2026 @ 7:00am

Baseball > MLB

FanSided

In MLB’s new ABS era, the head tap is becoming the game’s most valuable signal.

CB Bucknor gets laughed at by Brewers, Rays after awful missed call at first base

Mar 31, 2026 @ 11:41pm

Baseball > MLB > Milwaukee Brewers > Tampa Bay Rays

Larry Brown Sports

CB Bucknor does not even need to be behind home plate these days to prove how incompetent he is. The veteran MLB umpire Bucknor went viral during Tuesday’s game between the Milwaukee Brewers and the Tampa Bay Rays for his latest horrific whiff. Bucknor was working first base at American Family Field in Milwaukee, Wisc. … The post CB Bucknor gets laughed at by Brewers, Rays after awful missed call at first base appeared first on Larry Brown Sports.

How the automatic ball-strike system is already enhancing baseball — and how to make it even better

Mar 31, 2026 @ 6:00am

Baseball > MLB

NY Post Sports

In an age when there is a battle to keep short attention spans fixed on the field from pitch to pitch, the ABS has given a reason to lock in more.

Umpire Dan Bellino got a call so wrong that it glitched the ABS system

Mar 30, 2026 @ 9:36pm

Baseball > MLB > Atlanta Braves > Oakland Athletics

Larry Brown Sports

Dan Bellino had his CB Bucknor moment during Monday’s game. The veteran MLB umpire Bellino was behind the plate on Monday for the Athletics-Atlanta Braves game at Truist Park in Atlanta, Ga. Athletics first baseman Nick Kurtz was leading off the game in the top of the first inning and saw a low 0-2 offering … The post Umpire Dan Bellino got a call so wrong that it glitched the ABS system appeared first on Larry Brown Sports.

Long Island youths answering call to help fill officiating shortage

Mar 27, 2026 @ 7:00am

Baseball > College Baseball

NY Post Sports

It may be these kids’ greatest tri-ump. America’s officiating shortage and crisis in youth sports is hitting home on Long Island, but a few dozen teens are stepping up to, or rather behind, the plate by learning umpiring to make sure their peers can properly play ball this spring. “I always loved playing Little League, so...