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The position of crew chief was not as clearly established in the early years of the 20th century; for the purpose of this list, the crew chief for early World Series is defined as the home plate umpire for Game 1. Umpires who are active entering the 2025 season are indicated in bold face; members of the Baseball Hall of Fame are indicated in ...
The Major League Umpires Association went on strike for Game 1 of each league's championship series on October 3. The dispute was over the pay scale for the playoffs and World Series. The umpires demanded an increase from $2,500 to $5,000 for the playoffs and $6,500 to $10,000 for the Series.
The Major League Baseball (MLB) postseason is the annual playoff elimination tournament held to determine the champion of MLB in the United States and Canada. Since 2022, the postseason for each league—American and National—consists of two best-of-three Wild Card Series contested by the lowest-seeded division winner and the three wild card teams, two best-of-five Division Series (LDS ...
All four best-of-three wild card series begin Tuesday, starting with Game 1 between the Houston Astros and Detroit Tigers in the American League, and every decision and call will be magnified ...
An umpire in Japan calling a strike, 2024 Home plate umpire Malachi Moore reviews the lineup cards from both teams before a 2016 minor league baseball game. In a game officiated by two or more umpires, the umpire in chief (usually the home plate umpire) is the umpire who is in charge of the entire game.
Hernández — who last worked a World Series game in 2005 and a League Championship Series in 2016 — lost that ... Angel Hernandez finished the regular season as the lowest rated umpire (min 10 ...
Now retired, longtime Major League Baseball umpire Dale Scott scanned the playoff lineup and was startled to spot the names of so many young umps. When he saw the list for the upcoming World ...
Detroit became the fourth team in major league history to win a playoff series after having been 10+ games back of a postseason berth at least 110 games into the regular season, joining the 1964 Cardinals, 1969 Mets, and 2011 Cardinals, as well as the third team of the post-1961 expansion era to win a playoff series while having one or fewer ...