which gives game credit for anyone completing the training. Instructors include current Major League Baseball umpire Ben May, as well as umps who have worked varying levels of Little League World ...

“It's cool to be the one to fire away.” Home plate umpire Jen Pawol calls a strike during the third inning of a spring training baseball game between the Miami Marlins and Houston Astros ...

Major League Baseball is preparing the automated ball-strike system, or ABS, for its biggest test yet this spring training ... challenges it can issue to an umpire, who will then rely on the ...

who was the last woman before Pawol to umpire a major-league spring training game in 2007. David Lennon is an award-winning columnist, a voter for baseball's Hall of Fame and has covered six no ...

Spring training presents players with an opportunity to work on aspects of their game that they otherwise wouldn't have time for in the regular season. After all, everyone wants to be sharp when ...

It's more of a relief than anything. Because the Detroit Tigers will be part of an MLB experiment to use robot umpires during spring training. All games played in Joker Marchant Stadium ...