Archive for Umpiring

When will we see the first females in these roles?

Looking at strike zone differences for home and away teams in critical game states.

A good idea? A good idea badly executed? Or just unnecessary?

Who got more umpires in games of the 1900s, and why that might matter today

Do umpires call more strikes for home pitchers on pitches just off of the plate?

The many ways Fred Merkle could have avoided the “Bonehead” tag

Billy Martin’s and George Brett’s day of infamy had its beginnings eight years earlier

Lawrie’s encounter with Bill Miller reignites the debate regarding umpires.

An irrational, illogical, and irrepressible discourse against the expansion of instant replay in Major League Baseball

Josh calculates the called strike zone areas for umpires in 2011.