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• MLB and Umpires Agree On New Five-Year Deal
• By Tom Fornelli 12/23/2009 1:05 PM ET
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• With the contract between MLB and the WUA -- World Umpires Association -- set to expire on December 31, the two sides had been working on a new deal for the past few weeks, and on Wednesday morning it ... More »
• MLB Forms Panel to Look at On-Field Issues, Including Replay, Scheduling
• By Andrew Johnson 12/15/2009 1:15 PM ET
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• Major League Baseball commissioner Bud Selig is forming a 14-man panel comprised of managers, executives and ownership representatives to discuss all on-field issues including instant replay, ... More »
• MLB GMs Pass on Expanded Replay Talk
• By Jeff Fletcher 11/10/2009 3:55 PM ET
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• CHICAGO -- Major league general managers either have no interest in expanding the current replay system or they realized the futility in debating something that ultimately owners and commissioner Bud ... More »
• Don't Hold Your Breath for News on Replay at GM Meetings
• By Jeff Fletcher 11/09/2009 7:24 PM ET
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• CHICAGO -- Expansion of instant replay is expected to be one of the topics discussed when baseball general managers begin their formal meetings on Tuesday, but one of its longtime proponents is not ... More »
• Selig Says Replay Will Be Reviewed
• By Jeff Fletcher 10/29/2009 7:46 PM ET
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• NEW YORK -- Bud Selig said he has not changed his opinion on expanding the use of instant replay, but baseball's commissioner left the door open a crack, saying the issue would be addressed in the ... More »
• Playoff Pulse: Umps Get One Right on Rollins' Accidentally Brilliant Double Play
• By Andrew Johnson 10/29/2009 6:00 AM ET
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• Playoff Pulse is our morning rundown of the night that was and the night that will be during the MLB postseason. Looking Forward ... If you're going to criticize the umps when they blow a call, you ... More »
• Sparked by Controversy, MLB Makes Umpire Switch for World Series
• By Andrew Johnson 10/22/2009 8:38 PM ET
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• Several weeks worth of blown calls by its umpires has prompted Major League Baseball to make a switch in the way it staffs its signature event. Rather than use at least one umpire who has never worked ... More »
• Playoff Pulse: Howard or A-Rod?
• By Andrew Johnson 10/21/2009 6:00 AM ET
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• Playoff Pulse is our morning rundown of the night that was and the night that will be during the MLB postseason. Looking Forward ... With the World Series matchup almost a foregone conclusion, ... More »
• Save Your Sport, Commissioner; Expand Replay Now
• By Jay Mariotti 10/13/2009 4:00 AM ET
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• Let's hold hands and pray. Someday soon, when Bud Selig finally is removed from the commissioner's chair like a rotting tree, we can only hope his successor realizes October is waning. Pro and ... More »
• Twins Villain Cuzzi Once Fired as Minor League Ump
• By Ed Price 10/10/2009 6:41 PM ET
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• MINNEAPOLIS -- Phil Cuzzi, the umpire who missed a call down the left-field line that helped cost the Twins their game Friday night at Yankee Stadium, was fired as a minor league umpire in 1993. ... More »
• Umpires Admit Blowing Call in Twins Loss
• By Andrew Johnson 10/10/2009 1:35 AM ET
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• Crew chief Tim Tschida admitted that left field umpire Phil Cuzzi blew a key call in the 11th inning of the Twins' Game 2 loss to the Yankees. In the half-inning before New York's Mark Teixeira ... More »
• Playoff Pulse: Ugly Umpiring Looms
• By Andrew Johnson 10/09/2009 6:00 AM ET
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• Playoff Pulse is our morning rundown of the night that was and the night that will be during the MLB postseason. Looking Forward ... Major League Baseball is fortunate the Angels' Game 1 win over ... More »
• Umpire: Angels Coaches 'Unprofessional'
• By Ed Price 9/17/2009 6:18 PM ET
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• Updated, 10:30 PM: BOSTON -- Manager Mike Scioscia strongly disputed umpire Rick Reed's description of Wednesday's postgame confrontation between the umpires and Angels coaches. Told that Reed ... More »
• A-Rod Calls Marty Foster 'Unprofessional'
• By Tom Fornelli 9/14/2009 6:05 PM ET
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• It seems that there's some kind of feud developing between the New York Yankees and umpire Marty Foster. You may remember back on July 6 when Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter was stunned by a comment ... More »
• Discipline Coming to Rockies, Umps
• By Jeff Fletcher 8/25/2009 11:23 PM ET
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• The Rockies' stirring victory on Monday night against the Giants may come with a price, as Bob Watson, MLB's chief disciplinarian, said players and umpires are under investigation for events during ... More »
• Beware! Our Robotic Baseball Overlords Have Arrived
• By Josh Alper 7/24/2009 3:45 PM ET
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• There's been a development out of Japan that makes our obsession with performance-enhancing drugs seem pretty silly. A professor at the University of Tokyo has created a pair of baseball-playing ... More »
• Gardenhire Wants More Instant Replay
• By Jeff Fletcher 7/22/2009 1:41 PM ET
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• After his team blew a 10-run lead and eventually lost the game when Michael Cuddyer, the potential tying run, was wrongly called out at the plate on Monday, Twins manager Ron Gardenhire was obviously ... More »
• Umpire's Comment Has Jeter Stunned
• By Ed Price 7/06/2009 6:01 PM ET
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• NEW YORK - What could make Derek Jeter lose his cool? We found out Monday. After being caught stealing third base in the first inning of Monday's game at Yankee Stadium, Jeter yelled to umpire Marty ... More »
• Instant Replay Still a Work In Progress
• By Matt Snyder 6/26/2009 5:05 PM ET
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• Major League Baseball still has less than a year under its belt when it comes to the use of instant replay. Two specific instances this past week outline that the league is still ironing out the kinks ... More »