The well-documented shortage of game officials means youth baseball and softball leagues will be scrambling for umpires again this spring and summer, and many games will be played with just one ...

The automated ball-strike system (ABS) has been used for minor league games, but it's getting rolled out for the first time in the big leagues during spring training.

Home Plate Umpire Brian Walsh uses an earpiece to hear the electronic notification as to weather a pitch was a ball or a strike by the ABS system during a AAA minor league baseball game.

Digest: A support magistrate may serve as a youth baseball umpire for a local chapter of Little League. Opinion: A full-time support magistrate asks if they may accept a position as a youth ...

ESSEX JUNCTION — Northern Vermont Baseball Umpires Association is providing free training for individuals looking to learn ...

For South Whitley resident Andrew Shriver, who works as an umpire for softball games, the upcoming season will give him the opportunity to participate in the pinnacle event for youth baseball and ...

FORT PIERCE, Florida (WPTV) — A program that started 18 years ago in Fort Pierce has found its home. The Umpire Placement Course is a professional umpire school that allows attendees to compete ...

“One of our themes for opening day this year is to honor the exceptional umpires trained by Mr. White,” said Dwayne Hill, director of the White Legacy Youth Baseball Community Complex Fun ...

New York — Umpire Pat Hoberg was fired by Major League Baseball on Monday for sharing his legal sports gambling accounts with a friend who bet on baseball games and for intentionally deleting ...