Umpires first began calling both balls and strikes way back in 1864, and baseballers have been arguing about those calls ever ...

MLB is weighing options to dramatically reduce or remove the ubiquitous broadcast strike zone box as part of bringing the ...

On Tuesday, Major League Baseball will hold a presentation for the media to explain the automatic balls and strikes (ABS) challenge system that will be in use this spring. The best inside information, ...

Do you remember when Gleyber Torres plowed into Andy Ibáñez at second base in a game at Yankee Stadium last May? That’s OK—no one else really did either, except perhaps Ibáñez, who took a painful hit ...

Three contentious run-out decisions occurred in the closing stages of Delhi Capitals' (DC) last-ball win over Mumbai Indians (MI) in Vadodara. In all three instances, third umpire Gayathri ...

While the traditional cricket ruling states that the batter can only be deemed out once the bails are dislodged, in the WPL, the decisive call can be made once the Zing bails light up. The rule ...

highlighted by two contentious third-umpire decisions. Debates arose after Shikha Pandey and Radha Yadav were ruled not out on close run-out calls, despite LED lights indicating otherwise.

But in the lead-up to the thrilling end of the clash, TV Umpire Gayathri Venugopalan was called upon thrice to check three close run-out calls, including one on the last ball. Although ...

Drama, close calls, referrals ... (More Cricket News) On all the occasions, the third umpire Gayathri Venugopalan ruled not out, not considering the LED lights lighting up as the point at which ...

However, a direct hit at the striker's end saw the run-out decision go to the third umpire. The replay clearly showed that Pandey's bat was at the crease line when the LED stumps had lit up.

Pawol last year became the first woman to umpire a big spring training game since 2007 but has not been a regular-season call-up ump.

umpires ruled that Graveline was out. The boos that were raining onto the umpires turned quickly into thunderous cheers. “They got the call right,” Bloomquist said. “That’s what matters.” ...