Baseballs looked different before Raymond Chapman, Cleveland Indians, was hit by a pitch in the temple by Yankees pitcher Carl Mays on August 17, 1920. He died 12 hours later. He couldn’t see the ...

The average across all umpires is an annual salary of $300,000, or roughly $1,852 per game. Umpires are also paid bonuses in ...

Saturday night was a rainy one in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, which forced the Milwaukee Brewers to close the roof at American ...

After the on-field umpire ruled it an out, the Padres' bench was left perplexed, and manager Craig Stammen even challenged the call, but the umpires upheld the on-field decision.

Andy Fletcher had the highest overturn rate among umpires with more than 100 challenges, getting reversed on 80 of 121 (66.1% ...

Chris Sale was also ejected the next day by Dan Merzel and was asked about Merzel being the home plate umpire for Tuesday's ...

The Detroit Tigers built Saturday’s game around Justin Verlander’s final Major League start, but another longtime baseball figure had also entered the last week ...

Laz Diaz, a major-league umpire since 1995, is retiring after the season. It's clear he will miss the friends he has made in baseball, but not the sport itself. It is not the game he used to know, he ...

Diaz, 63, only the second Latino crew chief in MLB history and a former Marine Corps reserve, is umpiring his final regular-season game Sunday, Sept. 27. He and six other veteran umpires have taken ...