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 ...

As Fox Sports returned from an ad break at the top of the first, Ohtani had only just emerged from the dugout to go through his full warm-up before taking the mound, leaving the Blue Jays furious.

Shohei Ohtani showed up late to the mound before two innings, then got extra time to warm up. It didn't save him from an ugly start.

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

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

The heavily billed UMP Festival which started on Wednesday in Cape Maclear, Mangochi failed to live up to expectations ...

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, ...

Following years of testing in the minor leagues, as well as during spring training, MLB forged ahead with a system in which human umpires will still call balls and strikes, but teams can challenge ...

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 ...

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 major leagues ...