Alayna and Kierra Laranjo form umpire tandem and also coach together for the U-12 Collar City Fastpitch softball program ...

Jen Pawol, one of two women umpires in professional baseball, calls first MLB action Pawol is expected to umpire in the minors again come the regular season By R.J. Anderson ...

"I registered 86 umpires a couple of weeks ago," Squazzo said, adding that 15 years ago the sport had almost 200 umpires in the Capital Region. Last year she registered 140 USA Softball umpires.

Since 2017, the number of baseball and softball umpires in the Babe Ruth youth baseball and softball league has been on the decline — with 6,229 in 2017 falling to 4,995 in 2022, according to ...