Two hours after the Chicago Cubs’ 2-0 loss to the Arizona Diamondbacks on Wednesday, Pete Crow-Armstrong was still fuming about a costly missed balk call.

C.B. Bucknor was behind the plate for the first time in the era of robot umpires, and Major League Baseball’s oldest human official was struggling. On six separate occasions on that March afternoon, ...

Despite some expected hiccups and growing pains, the automated balls and strikes (ABS) challenge system implemented by MLB for the 2026 season seems to have been a resounding success so far. It was ...

This next story begins with a mistake, something just short of perfection. In 2010, Detroit Tigers pitcher Armando Galarraga nearly threw a perfect game. A perfect game in baseball, of course, means ...