For umpires, punch outs are their signatures, a reflection of who they are, and a touch of human element that can’t be replicated by robots.

Dave Phillips’ journey from an Alameda screenprinter to the exclusive producer of rosin bags for Major League Baseball started with a love of pelicans.

A rule that bars teams from pitching position players with a deficit of five runs or fewer took Dodgers manager Dave Roberts by surprise on Saturday night.

But third base umpire Hunter Wendelstedt deemed that Bohm was safe due to obstruction. Manager Dave Roberts was livid about the call and was ejected by Wendelstedt.

"The game had barely ended when I called his family and they already had received two or three calls from people threatening them," said Phillips, who worked as a major league umpire from 1971 to ...

No official wants to be the next Don Denkinger and blow a call in a big game. When the stakes are high, refs and umpires feel the pressure, just like players and coaches, Jeffri Chadiha writes.

The Rockies' announcers loved it, too, saying: "That's a gold medal in the Umpire Gymnastics." Dave Flemming: That might be the most athletic play that I've ever seen an umpire make. Ever.

MLB's adjustment of tattoo rule allows umpire Scott Barry to display art honoring his late wife Under a new collective bargaining agreement ruling, umpires may display their arm tattoos for the ...

The Dodgers lost, 9-4, to the Phillies on Wednesday, but manager Dave Roberts was still talking about the umpires after the game.

Baseball’s labor negotiations resumed Tuesday in New York with a new wrinkle: The Players Association wants mixed umpiring crews, two umpires each from the National and American Leagues, for … ...

Dave Phillips’ journey to become MLB’s rosin bag king So, Phillips started with his job at hand. He started small, making pine tar sticks, grip dips, and rosin bats for his vintage baseball ...