An inside look at the earning potential of one of the toughest jobs in sports: an MLB umpire.

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

Justin Verlander’s final start shared the stage with retiring umpire Laz Diaz, who offered blunt criticism of modern MLB.

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

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.

Robot umpires overturned 54% of challenged calls in the first season of the Automated Ball-Strike System, and catchers were ...

PHOENIX — When Laz Diaz arrived at Tiger Stadium to make his major-league debut, Sparky Anderson was in the Detroit Tigers dugout, Phil Garner was managing the Milwaukee Brewers, and the lineups were ...

Padres lose NLDS Game 1 after bizarre roof rule turns Ty France potential home run into out.

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 ...

Late innings between the Los Angeles Angels and Minnesota Twins have a way of bringing Laz Diaz’s frustrations out in the open for the whole stadium to hear. Roughly two months after dropping an ...