Last week, the machines came for America’s pastime. During the All-Star Game of the Atlantic League—which is independent of MLB’s minor league system, but now a testbed partner for the...
Pedro Martinez was never ejected from a major league game for arguing balls and strikes, but the Boston Red Sox’s Hall of Fame pitcher admits he should have been once. In a start against the New York Yankees at Fenway Park on July 25, 2003, Martinez began his tirade by wagging his finger at home […]
The Chicago Cubs’ ninth-inning rally ended Saturday night when home-plate umpire Mark Wegner called strike three on Ben Zobrist. The deciding pitch, a slider from Arizona Diamondbacks reliever David Hernandez, appeared to be a couple inches low, at least to everyone in a Cubs uniform. All Zobrist could do was stand at the plate with […]
Could balls and strikes in Major League Baseball be soon called by robot umpires? One manager thinks so. Following Game 3 of the World Series on Friday night — where the Cleveland Indians defeated the Chicago Cubs 1-0 — Cubs manager Joe Maddon was asked generally speaking about instant-replays, which included three such instances during […]
