Chicago Sun-Times

MLB will use robot umpires for ball-strike appeals in 2026

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Chicago Sun-Times

MLB will call up its first female umpire

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The Morning Sun

MLB’s first female umpire just received the call of a lifetime

For the first time in nearly 150 years of Major League Baseball, a female umpire worked a regular season game. Jen Pawol, a 48-year-old former college softball player from New Jersey, called outs on ...
Las Vegas Sun

MLB swinging for the fences with automated pitch-review system

Major League Baseball will implement automated ball and strike technology in 2026 following approval by the league’s 11-member competition committee [1]. The Automated Ball/Strike System (ABS) will ...
The Baltimore Sun

MLB is calling up its first female umpire, promoting Jen Pawol for Saturday’s Marlins-Braves game

NEW YORK (AP) — Jen Pawol is set to become the first woman to umpire in Major League Baseball when she works games this weekend between the Miami Marlins and Atlanta Braves. Pawol will work the bases ...