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Aaron Boone ejected for arguing catcher's interference call
September 4, 2022 | 3:52pmAaron Boone has watched a lot of bad baseball lately, with the Yankees in disarray.
The simple way to fix MLB's Frankenstein monster
June 17, 2021 | 6:55pmThe proposed new-rule’s savings in time, the restoration of the applied better senses and the unrestricted continuation of MLB games would be both considerable and welcomed.
MLB finally ready to reap benefits of new replay digs
July 24, 2020 | 12:12pmIn January, Major League Baseball both relocated and centralized, with its Park Avenue corporate headquarters and its MLB Advanced Media home in Chelsea coming together at a new space on...
How baseball's imperfect game changed much more than the lives of two men
June 2, 2020 | 12:15pm“It is going to be the first line in my obituary.” — Jim Joyce It is not this simple: Joyce missed a call and the Astros committed baseball sins that...
MLB replay reviews could vanish for 2020 season
May 1, 2020 | 11:27pmReplay reviews could vanish in Major League Baseball in 2020 as part of a deal that covers how umpires would be paid for a season shortened or wiped out by...
A great strength for Joe Girardi undermines his glaring weakness
October 7, 2017 | 12:41pmJoe Girardi is a good major league manager. I realize that is not a popular sentiment in town, particularly in this moment. I also know short of Bill Belichick, Gregg...
15 ideas for how to improve baseball, from top insiders
July 14, 2017 | 1:00pm“You are Baseball Czar and have the power to change any one thing on the field or off. What would you do?” Sandy Alderson, Mets GM “I would require a...
Not every attempt to spruce up baseball has gone as planned
July 13, 2017 | 3:59pmMLB commissioner Rob Manfred has already tinkered with the sport in an attempt to improve the pace of play and make it more appealing to younger fans. It’s a continuation...
How to restore baseball replay from this hellish version
July 13, 2017 | 1:07pm“It’s like trying to eat a gallon of ice cream instead of just a pint.” Joe Torre said this back in 1999, when the Subway Series expanded from three games...
The only way to save TV baseball from its greed-induced coma
July 12, 2017 | 5:06pmIf you’re disinclined to waste your time, stop reading, now. My solutions for rescuing Major League Baseball from its serious, TV-money-driven self-afflictions are too radical — too impossible — to...
It's time to debate the future of baseball
July 12, 2017 | 1:05pmTo weigh in on the present and future of baseball, The Post organized an All-Star panel of players past and present, an MLB competition committee member and two Hall of...
Meet the man who makes Yankees best in baseball at exploiting the rules
June 3, 2017 | 9:51pmIn the top of the seventh inning May 22, Kansas City’s Jorge Soler stood on second base when Alcides Escobar hit a grounder up the middle that was fielded by...
Chris Christie's two-faced Eli Manning claim a blatant charade
April 23, 2017 | 7:20pmReal people. Not actors. Or is it the other way around? Chris Christie, the part-time governor of New Jersey, recently did what he so effortlessly does. He spoke reckless, classless,...
Aaron Judge home run turns into triple on wild fan interference
April 17, 2017 | 1:59amFor a moment, it looked as if Aaron Judge had his fourth homer of the season, when he sent an Adam Wainwright pitch deep to right-center. But a fan appeared...
Stink of dishonesty spreads far and wide over sports landscape
April 9, 2017 | 2:45amThere is nothing surprising about the ridiculous or dishonest. Both are far more predictable than anything better. Part 1 Maybe it’s us. Maybe we don’t deserve better. Why else would...
Union's pace-of-play silence opens door for Rob Manfred to ruin game
February 22, 2017 | 9:40pmBaseball’s Players Association is always best when it keeps its membership well-heeled, squeezing every nickel for its rank-and-file millionaires from the billionaires who would keep that cash hidden in their...
MLB wants to make intentional walks much quicker and easier
February 7, 2017 | 1:30amThe intentional walk could turn into a very brief talk — as in the umpire declaring, “Batter take your base!” and onto the next hitter. A source confirmed an ESPN...
Why MLB instant replay needs a makeover -- but not a do-over
October 20, 2016 | 4:53pmLOS ANGELES – My biggest problem with the controversial replay – was Adrian Gonzalez safe or out at home plate in the second inning of Game 4? – was that...
Put yourself in MLB's hot seat with these 3 replay reviews
June 2, 2016 | 4:57pmInstant replay in baseball remains a buzz-generating topic, three years into its expansion. That’s what prompted me to visit Major League Baseball’s Replay Operations Center on Tuesday to see how...
A look inside the most controversial building in baseball
June 1, 2016 | 12:46amExpanded instant replay has improved the quality of Major League Baseball. There was nothing dumber than shrugging off an obvious blown call to “human error.” Yet in managing its new...