Major League Baseball has a long history of disagreements between the players and owners.

A Purdue University consumer expert says that despite fan threats to quit the national pastime if major league players go on strike, they will return when the games begin again. "Baseball is part of a ...

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Editor’s note: A previous version of this article and an accompanying chart misstated the dimensions of the “buffer zone” used to evaluate umpires before this year. That buffer zone should have been ...

In late May 2003, Arizona Diamondbacks ace Curt Schilling was pitching a so-so game against the San Diego Padres when weeks of pent-up frustration came pouring out. That day, Schilling gave up nine ...

Baseball has experienced many dramatic moments throughout its long history, but few altered the sport’s trajectory like the 1994–95 Major League Baseball strike. When players walked out on August 12, ...

In baseball, a borderline pitch is more likely to be called a strike when the batter has three balls and no strikes than when the count is no balls and two strikes. The official strike zone hasn't ...

Historically, there have likely been few jobs in the sports world more stress inducing and challenging than that of a home plate umpire in Major League Baseball. Here is a man—and hopefully with ...

Find out why Major League Baseball Automated Ball-Strike Challenge System is on TIME's list of 2026's best inventions.

Chicago Cubs starter Cody Poteet knew exactly what pitch he wanted to uncork to Los Angeles Dodgers slugger Max Muncy: a fastball down and away. But as the ball left his hand — in the first inning of ...