Is it a baseball game if umpire Angel Hernandez doesn’t steal ... “Three consecutive pitches well off the plate. . . That’s just so obvious. That was terrible.” Langford didn’t protest ...

In this year’s baseball spring training, the new Automated Ball-Strike System is helping settle challenges to home plate ...

Umpire Aidan Wiles was calling the game on Sunday when he saw the young catcher get caught up in ... after the dust devil whipped up behind home plate. Never miss a story — sign up for PEOPLE's ...

Catcher: The defensive player whose position is directly behind home plate. Defense ... A legal pitch when so called by the umpire, which: Is struck at by the batter and missed; Is not struck ...

Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred is an advocate of the Automated Ball-Strike System, which potentially as early as 2026 could be used to aid MLB home plate ... a batter, pitcher or catcher ...

Stadiums are outfitted with cameras that track each pitch and judge whether it crossed home plate within the ... for the 2014 season.Only a batter, pitcher or catcher may challenge a call ...