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CIO
March 15, 2004 |
Rulings on the Field - Sports A Bronx cheer greeted Major League Baseball's use of the Umpire Information System from QuesTec in 2003.   |
Sports Central
September 15, 2009
Diane M. Grassi |
Will MLB's Latest Tech Hurt the Game? As the end of the 2009 Major League Baseball season approaches, here's a critical look at the technological advances instituted in 2009 and intended for the game's future progress. |
Sports Illustrated
February 26, 2001
Tom Verducci |
Pitchers strike out Umps will call 'em high, but Maddux is down and out... |
Sports Illustrated
March 28, 2001
Frank Deford |
Twilight Zone Umpires decide to follow the rules regarding strike zone... |
Popular Mechanics
April 2003
Jim Kaat |
The Mechanics Of Baseball Baseball has evolved in favor of the hitter. Here are nine factors that have changed the game. |
CFO
September 15, 2003
Scott Leibs |
Technology Throws Another Curve The camera may not lie, but it doesn't substitute for savvy management, as Baseball found out when it installed the Questec system for auditing umpires' ball-and-strike calls. |
Sports Central
February 27, 2014
Kevin Beane |
Bring Instant Replay to Balls and Strikes MIT has produced a study looking at how umpires call balls and strikes depending on the count. |
Salon.com
July 25, 2001
Allen Barra |
Throw the bums out! It's time to eject baseball's owners for arguing balls and strikes... |
Sports Central
November 3, 2009
Diane M. Grassi |
Umpire Woes Rest With MLB Operations Without a uniform standard overseen by Major League Baseball, simply implanting new technology will not solve the systemic problem, demonstrated by numerous 2009 postseason bad calls from umpires. |
Sports Central
September 17, 2005
Greg Wyshynski |
Chief Umpire of the Supreme Court Judge John Roberts' comparison of judges to umpires during his confirmation hearing... Comments on beer commercials... |
HBS Working Knowledge
February 19, 2014
Michael Blanding |
Racist Umpires and Monetary Ministers Are baseball umpires racist? Are ministers motivated by money? Christopher Parsons teases important strategic lessons from unlikely sources. |
Sports Central
September 22, 2014
Jeff Kallman |
West's Suspension vs. Real Accountability If baseball umpires are supposed to be above the field's passions should they not be held to standards just a little bit higher? |
Sports Central
August 20, 2007
Diane M. Grassi |
MLB Suffers No Lack of Hypocrisy Major League Baseball fans over the past several years have not only been witness to performances taking place on MLB baseball diamonds across America, but have also been privy to after-the-fact cover-ups, collusion, denials, and authoritarian control of their National Pastime. |
PC Magazine
March 3, 2009
Daniel S. Evans |
MLB 09: The Show Whatever level of baseball realism you want and whether you want to work your way up, just play the Big One, manage -- you name it, this PS3, PSP, and PS2 game lets you do it. |
Sports Illustrated
May 7, 2002
Tom Verducci |
April's alter egos Pitching returns to the NL, but offense still reigns in the AL... |
Sports Illustrated
August 8, 2000
Michael Farber |
Inside Baseball Curt Schilling joins Randy Johnson to give the Diamondbacks a daunting fireballing duo |
Sports Central
September 20, 2010
Jess Coleman |
Baseball Needs to Say Yes to Instant Replay It becomes clearer everyday that baseball needs replay. |
Sports Illustrated
June 13, 2001
Tom Verducci |
Interleague played-out Baseball's experiment may have run its course... |
Sports Central
November 15, 2004
Martin Hawrysko |
Instant Reply in Baseball is No Blown Call Many calls were questioned during this year's Major League Baseball postseason. Luckily, the umpires got them right -- generally not the case during the regular season, nor in past postseasons. The time for instant replay in baseball may be here -- umpires, after all, are only human. |
Sports Central
May 4, 2010
Jeff Kallman |
The Letter of the Law, Written and Otherwise Baseball, for all its controversies and crises, remains as invigorating a game in discourse as it is in play. |
Sports Illustrated
May 17, 2000 |
The great juiced-ball conspiracy This much we know. More players hit more home runs than ever before. But we don't know why.... |
Sports Central
June 11, 2010
Jeffrey Boswell |
Sports Q&A: MLB's "Perfect" Conspiracy Major League Baseball umpire Jim Joyce's blown call on a play at first cost Detroit Tigers pitcher Armando Galarraga a perfect game. |
Sports Illustrated
April 24, 2001
Tom Verducci |
International sensation Ichiro Suzuki, the Mariners' slashing leadoff hitter, shouldn't book any fishing excursions or vacation getaways for the July All-Star break. The rookie has a very good chance of starting the All-Star Game in, of all places, Seattle's Safeco Field... |
AskMen.com
Pete Flies |
Top 10: Classic Baseball Plays Here are 10 classic baseball plays that will remind us why baseball in October is great. |
Salon.com
April 25, 2001
Allen Barra |
The golden age of pitching is now When you consider what today's hurlers have to deal with, our low opinion of them is way off-base. Plus: Does God answer NASCAR prayers? |
Sports Illustrated
August 7, 2001
Stephen Cannella |
Comfort Zone Some former National League hitters return to find there's no place like home... |
Sports Illustrated
July 26, 2000
Frank Deford |
Incompetent owners ruining baseball Do you ever want to, as I do now, just give up on baseball? I don't mean on the game, but on the way it is run -- or isn't run. It's just the same old issues, over and over, that never get resolved... |
Sports Illustrated
October 25, 2001
Stephen Cannella |
World Series Breakdown In theory the Diamondbacks have enough to win the Series -- Schilling and Johnson just have to win all four of their starts. That's easier said than done against the Yankees, though, who have dominant starters of their own and are smart enough to steal one of those games... |
Sports Illustrated
October 18, 2001
Stephen Cannella |
Chat Reel Short rest for pitchers play a role in playoffs... |
Salon.com
November 4, 2001
King Kaufman |
Surprise ending If life followed a script, the Yankees would have won the World Series. But it doesn't, and they didn't... |
Sports Central
May 31, 2008
Ben Feller |
Why Baseball Needs Replay Now The main reason for replay is to get the calls correct. Another is for baseball to start to shy away from its old school image. |
Sports Central
September 1, 2011
Vito Curcuru |
Why a Pitcher Should Never Win the MVP Pitchers are incredibly valuable to baseball teams. The question as to whether they are the most valuable in their leagues will continue to be debated. |
AskMen.com
Steve Seepersaud |
The Business Of Officiating Athletes aren't the only people who dream of making it to the big leagues. In fact, some people aspire to take to the fields of the MLB and the NFL in a different type of uniform. |
Sports Central
November 15, 2013
Jeff Kallman |
Let There Be Replay, at Long Enough Last And baseball umpires will still be only human. But getting it right when pennant races or championships turn is as right as mere humans and the technologies humans create can get. |
Salon.com
March 28, 2002
Allen Barra |
What Barry Bonds did wrong He's the best player in baseball, but hitting 73 home runs at age 37 isn't just unnatural, it might be ruining the game... |
Sports Illustrated
April 20, 2000
Tom Verducci |
Home runs getting you down? Baseball Q&A: Dave Stieb... bored with home run after home run?... why isn't anyone hitting .400?... etc. |
Salon.com
October 16, 2001
King Kaufman |
Playoff picking, but not grinning Our writer boldly holds forth on the Yankees, the Mariners and the most hideous uniforms in baseball, and asks himself, "How many times can you be wrong about one team?" |
Salon.com
July 10, 2002
King Kaufman |
All-Star outrage The game ended in a tie. That's not a problem, but baseball still screwed up. |
Sports Illustrated
April 26, 2000
Tom Verducci |
Vlad, undervalued? Believe it Baseball Q&A: Who is over/under rated?... Considering how thin starting pitching is, why don't managers entertain the idea of returning to the days of four-man rotations?... Are the Braves interested in acquiring A-Rod in the off-season?... etc. |
Sports Illustrated
November 6, 2001
Tom Verducci |
Greatness on display Hall of Fame-bound hurlers were the story of Game 7... |
Sports Illustrated
October 24, 2001
Tom Verducci |
Scouts honor Advanced reports are key to Yankees' success... |
Salon.com
November 1, 2000
Allen Barra |
Are you ready for some gadgets? The yellow first-down line and the glowing hockey puck are just the tip of the high-tech iceberg that will change how you watch sports... |
Sports Illustrated
February 28, 2001
Stephen Cannella |
Chat Reel Star players won't rock the Red Sox boat... |
Sports Illustrated
March 13, 2002
Jeff Pearlman |
Meaningless numbers Baseball's juiced-up record book should be junked... |
Sports Illustrated
September 6, 2000
Tom Verducci |
Making a case for Pedro Martinez With 16 wins, Pedro Martinez has a shot at winning 20. What does he have to do to win the Cy Young award? I thought he was already the clear frontrunner, but the mailbag brought some disagreement. |
Sports Illustrated
October 24, 2001
Tom Verducci |
Seventh Heaven Can a pair of aces keep the Yankees from another title? |
Sports Illustrated
August 22, 2000
Tom Verducci |
Call to arms Young starters fizzle, so Jays look to veterans... "The Igniter" is ready... Going South... Griffey's effect... Making their mark... |
Sports Illustrated
June 5, 2002
Tom Verducci |
Solving the steroids problem Players have the power to clean up baseball. |
Sports Central
April 9, 2015
Jeff Kallman |
Joe West Has Game, Unfortunately God knows (as does His servant Casey Stengel) that I had better things to write about on the day after Opening Days. |
Science News
July 10, 2004
Ivars Peterson |
Pythagoras Plays Ball Baseball, like engineering and science, is a game of inches and feet. |
