DES MOINES, Iowa– Local umpires say there is no longer an umpire shortage, but a crisis. However, one group is looking to ...

MLB Umpire Camps date back to 2006, when they began at the MLB Youth Academy in Compton, California. Current Major League Umpires Adam Beck, Nestor Ceja, Ramon De Jesus, Malachi Moore, Edwin Moscoso ...

It took eight years but Jen Pawol made the leap from the minors to a major league game spring training contest as umpire at ...

Jen Pawol is on the verge of history. Pawol, a 48-year-old minor-league ump, is getting called up to become the first woman to umpire in Major League Baseball when she works the weekend series between ...

Jen Pawol continues to make history as a female baseball umpire. Pawol is scheduled to be behind the plate for the Braves and Marlins series finale on Sunday, Aug. 10 at Truist Park in Atlanta. She ...

Jen Pawol, a minor-league umpire since 2016, is set to make her major-league debut on Saturday, making her the first female umpire in regular-season MLB history. Pawol is being called up for the Miami ...

Realities are stubborn things, but feelings aren’t exactly pushovers. “It’s never the right time for something you love to go away,” says Hunter Wendelstedt, second-generation overseer of the local ...