umpire

Could the umpire hear it or could he not?

From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026

Following an appeal to the umpire, the wicket was given.

From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026

It has been suggested that the finger-clicking was designed to trick the umpire into thinking the batter edged the ball.

From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026

Caballero repeatedly screamed, “You’re picking on me!” at the umpire, to no avail.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026

“Like an umpire saying he made the wrong call,” Caroni said, joining in the teacher’s little joke.

From "The Chocolate War" by Robert Cormier

He has drawn increased scrutiny from umpires and even the league office.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026

The lowest performer among umpires with at least 900 pitches called in 2026, 59-year-old Andy Fletcher, has been overturned on 38 of the 54 called pitches that have been appealed to ABS, or 70.4%.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026

There were no umpires and tournaments were run by people who worked in rehab: "They weren't tennis people so nobody even really knew the rules."

From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2026

He’s faithful and quiet, never drawing the ire of umpires.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 5, 2026

"Everything went wrong. She shouted at the umpires, cheered in the wrong places, and then she actually threw the foam baseball onto the playing field."

From "You Bring the Distant Near" by Mitali Perkins

He also umpired charity matches for Queen Elizabeth II, whom he said he met 29 times.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2025

Interested in majoring in sports medicine or exercise science, Kennedy is on Santa Margarita’s Varsity Leadership Counsel and has umpired and worked with young players on their mechanics.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 30, 2025

Montague, 74, worked 4,369 games from 1974 to 2009 and umpired in six World Series, including four as crew chief.

From Washington Times ● Oct. 19, 2023

West, who in May broke Bill Klem’s record for major league games umpired, will be the crew chief for Wednesday night’s NL game between the defending champion Los Angeles Dodgers and St. Louis Cardinals.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 5, 2021

Dashiell's Reminiscences "As an official, the first big game I umpired was in 1894 between Yale and Princeton, following this with nine consecutive years of umpiring the match," writes Dashiell.

From Football Days Memories of the Game and of the Men behind the Ball by William Hanford Edwards

At the All-Star Game, Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said he believes the implementation of ABS has “made the umpiring even better, because they have to bear down even more.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026

For umpiring recreational-league baseball in Bel Air, Md., Howell gets $40 a game.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026

The French Open added: "The tournament strongly condemns all sexist remarks, regardless of who makes them, and offers its support to the match umpire and, more broadly, to all the tournament's umpiring officials."

From BBC ● May 29, 2026

Pawol, 48, began umpiring in high school after a strong playing career as a catcher at Hofstra University.

From Salon ● Aug. 9, 2025

The umpiring of 1894, despite of the new rules adopted early in the year governing the position, was no improvement over that of 1893; in fact, in several instances it was worse.

From Spalding's Baseball Guide and Official League Book for 1895 by Henry Chadwick