ump

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How much baseball culture revolves around the home plate ump?

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

Rich Garcia, a major league umpire from 1975-99 and ump supervisor from 2002-09, faults the ABS system for not being as accurate at matching human calls as the strike zone usually is applied.

From Washington Times • Jul. 10, 2023

Do you think Scott should stick up for his players more when an ump is off?

From Seattle Times • Jun. 15, 2023

If they’re not, the ump calls a strike.

From Washington Post • Feb. 27, 2023

And, appealing to the ump: “Hey, Ruby, he’s not allowed to throw that fast.”

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols