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Don Denkinger, umpire whose stellar career was overshadowed by blown call, dead at 86
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 12 months agoDon Denkinger, a major league umpire for three decades whose blown call in the 1985 World Series...
MLB argues that blown calls cost Angel Hernandez World Series work in pointed rebuke of his work as...
Yahoo Sports via AOL· 2 years agoBaseball players and fans have long lamented that umpire Angel Hernandez is bad at his job. In a...
First base umpire Lew Williams has three calls overturned in Phillies-Nationals game
USA TODAY Sports via Yahoo Sports· 9 months agoAthletes have off days sometimes and umpires are no different. Fill-in umpire Lew Williams had one...
Blue Jays hitting coach ejected before game starts for ripping umpire
Yahoo Sports Canada· 2 years agoToronto Blue Jays hitting coach Guillermo Martinez had a few things to say to umpire Doug Eddings...
Blue Jays pitcher Chris Bassitt smashes tablet after blown call from umpire
Yahoo Sports Canada· 1 year agoThe Toronto Blue Jays lost a roller-coaster game to the Seattle Mariners on Sunday, and the tone for...
Baseball’s Most Notorious Umpire Is Back—and People Are Losing Their Minds
The Wall Street Journal· 2 weeks agoMLB Ángel Hernández has become one of baseball’s most talked-about figures over the past three...
Baseball: Pensacola umpire reaches grandest stage at Little League World Series
Pensacola News Journal via Yahoo News· 2 years agoShortly before last Christmas, Bill Vikara got an invitation in the mail that brought an emotional...
'Perfectly imperfect:' Here's why players are coming to the defense of MLB umpires
USA TODAY Sports via Yahoo Sports· 2 years agoAs Major League Baseball workshops automated strike zones in the minor leagues and moves toward...
Ángel Hernández dealt legal setback one day after blown call in Royals-Mariners game
Kansas City Star McClatchy Articles via AOL· 9 months agoMajor League Baseball umpire Ángel Hernández received some bad news Tuesday. ESPN reported a federal...
HEY, WILLIE! You're gonna miss human error when baseball goes robotic
Daytona Beach News-Journal via Yahoo News· 2 years agoHEY, WILLIE! Lanier “Sputter” Smith used to tell this story. Three umpires are sitting around before...