Ángel Hernández

Image: Getty ImagesAutomatic strike zones, or ABS, or Robo-umps, have been the Valhalla for a certain section of baseball fans (one I happen to be a part of). Watching Angel Hernandez or Doug Eddings try and guess where the strike zone is…

MLB umpire C.B .Bucknor (L) argues with Cardinals’ manager Oliver Marmol.Image: Getty ImagesIt was yet another banner day for C.B. Bucknor behind the plate, as we watched in real time while he lost sense of the strike zone and perhaps…

Ángel HernándezPhoto: Getty ImagesEarly this morning, it was announced that 29-year veteran umpire Ángel Hernándezfiled a grievance against his employer claiming that MLB had manipulated its internal umpiring metrics in order to make…

If only the baseball gods would give us a full season of this man,Image: Getty ImagesIt’s become part of the rhythm of a baseball season. Mike Trout will tweak something, or leave a game early, and every baseball fan will sigh, and wonder…

Finally, a computer will save us from arguing about whether someone was on or offsides.Screenshot: Club World CupEven through its many, many bumps and hiccups (the kind of hiccups where you feel like you’ve pulled an oblique) I have been…

Where’s the value in framing a pitch if the catcher’s posture doesn’t figure into the algorithm?Illustration: Shutterstock2022 will be longtime St. Louis Cardinals’ backstop Yadier Molina’s final season. When Yadi finally calls it quits, he…