ump

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How much baseball culture revolves around the home plate ump?

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

The Atlanta Braves thought they’d won a game on a two-out, ninth-inning walk-off walk the other day only to find out the ump had nailed their hitter for a clock violation for strike three.

From Washington Post • Feb. 27, 2023

“I could actually hear the ump being like, ‘Hey, you need to hurry up … hurry up.’

From Seattle Times • Feb. 24, 2023

The average big-league ump misses nine such calls a game.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 4, 2022

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

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols