A couple of veteran MLB umpires have decided to hang up the mask and chest protector. Umpires Phil Cuzzi and Mark Carlson announced their retirements on ...

Former Hofstra softball star Jen Pawol, who became the first woman to umpire an MLB game last season, will return to those duties on the 27-person staff for this year’s spring training, her third in ...

Jen Pawol is set to become the first woman to umpire a game in Major League Baseball when she works games this weekend between the Miami Marlins and Atlanta Braves. Pawol will work the bases in ...

It’s tough to be the first. It’s even tougher being the only. Perry Barber has been many “firsts,” and often the “only,” over her 45-year career as an umpire at nearly every level of baseball. In 2018 ...

Jen Pawol, MLB's first female umpire, will officiate spring training again but did not receive a permanent staff position. Recent promotions include Tom Hanahan and Brian Walsh.

An umpiring tradition born in 1938 reflects on its legacy as robo umps and other advancements usher in a new era.

Spring training starts Tuesday as pitchers and catchers return to the field just 102 days after the World Series.

POWAY, Calif. — A Poway mother has been chosen to umpire at one of the world's largest female baseball tournaments in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. Melissa "Mel" Wicklund, a volunteer umpire for Poway ...

A month ago, a phone call was made to Marty Ondrovic informing him that he was going to be inducted into the District 11 Hall of Fame. “That’s wonderful,” he said. “That’s a great honor.” Sadly, he ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Umpire Pat Hoberg was fired by Major League Baseball on Monday for sharing his legal sports gambling accounts with a friend who bet on baseball games and for intentionally deleting ...