During the MLB Umpire Prospect Development Camp, each umpire's performance and abilities are evaluated by the Major League Baseball Umpire Development staff. At the conclusion of the course, positions ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Jen Pawol was in her hotel room in Nashville, Tennessee, when she got the call she had awaited for a decade. She was going to make her major league debut this weekend, becoming the ...

Realities are stubborn things, but feelings aren’t exactly pushovers. “It’s never the right time for something you love to go away,” says Hunter Wendelstedt, second-generation overseer of the local ...

Umpire Ryan Additon watches as a call is challenged using MLB's ABS challenge system during the third inning of a spring training baseball game between the Miami Marlins and the Houston Astros ...

William McLean, from Philadelphia, became the first professional umpire when he umpired the first game in National League history between Boston and Philadelphia on April 22. 1878 - The National ...