May 27—"Come on, Blue!" You'll still hear it at games. You may even still yell it at the ballpark when you can't believe that nameless umpire had the audacity to call a strike three against your ...

Fans won’t see actual robots at Harbor Park this season, but they might see the future of umpiring in the major leagues without really seeing it. If a change can be simultaneously subtle and major, it ...

Scott Servais, now manager of the Seattle Mariners but a catcher during his playing career, remembers when a member of the front office explained to him just how valuable catchers can be in tipping a ...

Baseball is a pastime laced with tradition, but it can also be an ambiguous sport. Did a pitcher throw strike three, or did it just miss the corner of the zone? So far, that decision has hinged on the ...

For some time now, an automated strike zone -- informally known as the "robo ump" -- has been used at the Triple-A level and on occasion at various other rungs of the minor leagues. Recently, MLB ...

Home plate umpire Darius Ghani, left, wears an ear plug that relays a balls-strike call from the new automated system used in Triple-A baseball during the Isotopes' Wednesday night home game vs. Round ...