NEW YORK — Dan Iassogna, Alfonso Márquez, Bill Miller and Alan Porter will be the umpire crew chiefs for baseball’s Wild Card Series this week, with Iassogna and Porter serving in the role for the second straight year. Márquez will work the Detroit Tigers’ series at the Houston Astros, joined by Tony Randazzo behind the plate, Jordan Baker at first, …
NEW YORK — New York Mets closer Edwin Díaz began serving his 10-game suspension Tuesday, just two days after his ejection from a win over the Chicago Cubs for having a foreign substance on his hand. Both Díaz and manager Carlos Mendoza said the umpire said he thought the pitcher had too much of a combination of rosin, sweat and …
NEW YORK — New York Mets closer Edwin Díaz was suspended 10 games on Monday by Major League Baseball after his ejection from a 5-2 win over the Chicago Cubs for having a foreign substance on his hand. Díaz’s suspension, issued by MLB senior vice president of on-field operations Michael Hill, will start with Tuesday’s Subway Series opener against the …
Aaron Boone was ejected from the Yankees' game against the Angels on Wednesday night for protesting a controversial interference call on Juan Soto. Giancarlo Stanton first hit a high popup near the bag at second, and when umpires called an infield fly, Soto bumped into Zach Neto with his hip as he tried to get back to second base, causing …
ANAHEIM, Calif. — An infield fly and interference call loomed large in a game for the second time in less than a week. Umpires called an infield fly, but Soto bumped into Angels shortstop Zach Neto with his hip as he tried to get back to second base, causing Neto to lose track of the ball and it landing in …
