So Major League Baseball has devised a plan, to start next season, to allow managers to challenge three plays per game. They have exempted balls and strikes and hit batters as calls that can be ...

ST. LOUIS, MO - SEPTEMBER 29: Matt Carpenter #13 of the St. Louis Cardinals scores the game-winning run against the Cincinnati Reds in the ninth inning at Busch Stadium on September 29, 2016 in St.

There were a couple of enjoyable sporting events to be viewed over this Labor Day weekend. There was a visit to New Prague on late Sunday afternoon to take in a large share of the Fairmont Martins’ ...

Last summer, when Major League Baseball announced plans for a new replay system to review controversial calls, I wrote that it might make games more exciting to watch, rather than less, as some ...

Baseball is the game most rooted in its old traditions, which is why its success rate at making monumental rule changes has been so impressive. No purist wanted each league to add a wild-card team but ...

First it was the designated hitter, which fans in most National League cities will tell you is sacrilege. Los Angeles is an NL city, by the way. The Angels don't count. There has been expansion after ...

On June 2, 2010, the Detroit Tigers pitcher Armando Galarraga was one out away from throwing a perfect game against the Cleveland Indians. At the time, there had been just twenty such games in more ...

This is Diana Nyad for KCRW, and this is The Score. I'm joining the chorus that has long been begging for instant replay in baseball. There are examples of blown calls at crucial moments that made the ...