umpire

Cardellini: That’s what Steve told me when I asked, “How’d you land on the umpire thing?”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 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

Saltburn appeal and the umpire gives Shabir out.

From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026

What mattered was that the umpire was consistent for both teams during the game.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026

Nevertheless, although the umpire, the mountain-god Tmolus, gave the palm to Apollo, Midas, no more intelligent musically than in any other way, honestly preferred Pan.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

As baseball adapts to the challenge system, a pattern has emerged: Veteran umpires are having the most calls overturned.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026

Bucknor was behind the plate for the first time in the era of robot umpires, and Major League Baseball’s oldest human official was struggling.

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

He was chosen as one of the umpires in a musical contest between Apollo and Pan.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

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

Tichenor umpired his first big league game in 2007 and joined the full-time staff in 2012.

From Washington Times ● Jun. 29, 2023

John Turner: I have umpired at many school cricket matches and have had to send off a player for abusive behaviour, so the problem is not only football.

From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2022

The 62-year-old umpired in three World Series, two All-Star Games and numerous division and league championship series during his 30-year career in which he called games in both the National and American leagues.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 30, 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

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

From Salon ● Aug. 9, 2025

The next year, he forfeited a match against Pakistan, alleging partisan umpiring.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2023

Esther Harriman, who was umpiring, gave her a red scarf to tie on her arm and briefly explained where she was to play and what she was to do.

From Judy of York Hill by Ethel Hume Bennett