umpire

But before the change, when umpires had precedent for allowing the neighborhood play, suppose an upright rookie umpire decided to apply the rules with literalistic rigidity and disregard for the traditions of his fellow umpires.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul-Haq relented and tried to resume the Test, but by then umpire Hair and partner Billy Doctrove had awarded the match to England.

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026

Zverev didn’t even appear to hear the chair umpire say “Game, set, match.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026

During a second-round match between two of tennis’ most combustible personalities, Ilie Nastase and John McEnroe, chair umpire Frank Hammond penalized and eventually defaulted Nastase for his behavior.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026

Curveballs and bus fumes and dreams, dreams of the Majors — clean sheets and an umpire at every base.

From "Maniac Magee" by Jerry Spinelli

Bancroft, with Smith by his side, was challenged by on-field umpires Richard Illingworth and Nigel Llong.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

But he has gone too far on court on many occasions, with much of his aggression directed at umpires.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

But before the change, when umpires had precedent for allowing the neighborhood play, suppose an upright rookie umpire decided to apply the rules with literalistic rigidity and disregard for the traditions of his fellow umpires.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

He said the costs supported fields and facilities, umpires, event personnel, insurance, technology, trained scorers, streaming crews, scouting coverage and the administration required to operate thousands of games.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 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

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

West, 70, umpired a record 5,460 games from 1976 to 2021, breaking the prior mark of 5,375 set by Bill Klem.

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

"I umpired a whole afternoon once for a village school at home, and they stood me a bottle of hot ginger beer."

From Traffics and Discoveries by Rudyard Kipling

Both eventually made it big in the big leagues, Jim still umpiring after 27 years and Randy pitching for 16 years.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2026

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

His Lordship is sufficiently cross with me now, because I had to give him out leg-before at the annual estate match last Saturday, when I was umpiring.

From The Slowcoach by E. V. (Edward Verrall) Lucas