The Most Controversial Umpire Calls in Baseball History
Controversial umpire calls reveal how judgment, technology, pressure, and baseball memory collide in the sport’s biggest moments.
Category: Umpiring & Scoring
How the Automatic Ball-Strike System Is Changing Baseball Umpiring
The ABS challenge system is changing baseball umpiring by adding technology to ball-strike disputes while keeping human umpires central to the game.
Baseball Scoring Rules Explained: Every Situation a Scorekeeper Faces
Learn how official baseball scoring assigns hits, errors, fielder’s choices, sacrifices, RBIs, pitcher decisions, earned runs, stolen bases, and uncommon plays.
How MLB Umpires Are Trained, Evaluated, and Promoted
Follow the professional umpire path from camps and school through Minor League evaluation, Triple-A call-ups, full-time MLB promotion, and continued supervision.