Suffering from lower back pain, home plate umpire Jerry Crawford just left Sunday's game between the New York Mets and Tampa Bay Rays. Crawford exited right after a passed ball by Rays pitcher ...

Longtime major league umpire Shag Crawford, patriarch of a family of prominent sports officials, died Wednesday. He was 90. Skip to main content Skip to navigation ...

St. Louis Manager Tony La Russa says umpire Jerry Crawford has “made it a point to get us” and could cost the Cardinals games this season. La Russa spoke after pitching coach Dave Duncan and ...

Home-plate umpire Jerry Crawford suffered a contusion on the top of his head that forced him to leave the game in the bottom of the first inning Sunday at Minute Maid Park. A CAT scan taken at ...

St. Louis manager Tony La Russa says umpire Jerry Crawford has "made it a point to get us" and could cost the Cardinals games this season.

MLB announced today that Jerry Crawford, Chuck Meriwether, and Mike Reilly are retiring after combining for more than 80 years as big-league umpires.. Crawford has been on the job since 1977 and ...

NEW YORK -- Jerry Crawford, Mike Reilly and Chuck Meriwether are retiring, the second straight year a significant number of veteran umpires are leaving work. The announcement was made Wednesday by ...

MLB umpire Jerry Crawford retired this week following 34 years on the diamond, MLB.com reported Friday. The decision by the 63-year-old has not been officially announced by MLB, but was first ...

The 2014 Hall of Fame-inductee once received casual pitching advice in mid-game from umpire Jerry Crawford, who was refereeing second base at the time, according to a new book by former Atlanta ...

CHICAGO -- Umpire Jerry Crawford was released after spending a night in a hospital because of a bad reaction to medicine. Crawford, the plate umpire and crew chief, left Tuesday's game against ...

Major League Baseball says Jerry Crawford, Mike Reilly and Chuck Meriwether are retiring, the second straight year a significant number of veteran umpires are leaving work. Crawford, head of the ...