The Dodgers, chasing back-to-back championships, sent their two-way superstar Shohei Ohtani to both hit and pitch in the season’s showdown against the Toronto Blue Jays. But before the bottom of the ...

MLB rules carved out an exception for players to have more time between innings long before Shohei Ohtani took the mound for ...

Umpires had already allowed it in the first inning, when Ohtani ended the top half of the frame on third base and took the ...

NEW YORK -- Starting Saturday, NBA referees will begin using headsets during regular-season games for the first time.

NEW YORK -- Alfonso Márquez is working his seventh League Championship Series, serving as a crew chief along with James Hoye. Ryan Additon, Ben May, Adam Beck and John Libka are working the LCS for ...

Let’s get one thing established off the bat: the Philadelphia Phillies did not lose the NLDS because of poor umpiring, not when the Phillies dropped three games by a combined four runs. However, ...

Sep 13, 2023; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; Philadelphia Phillies starting pitcher Cristopher Sanchez (61) throws a pitch against the Atlanta Braves during the fifth inning at Citizens Bank Park.

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The New York Yankees didn’t need to take the field to grab headlines Wednesday night. Toronto Blue Jays outfielder George Springer supplied all the drama and dragged the Yankees into the spotlight.

Robot umpires are coming to the big leagues in 2026 after Major League Baseball’s 11-man competition committee on Tuesday approved use of the Automated Ball/Strike System. ABS will be introduced in ...

NEW YORK — Robot umpires are getting called up to the big leagues next season. Major League Baseball’s 11-man competition committee on Tuesday approved use of the Automated Ball/Strike System in the ...