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How much baseball culture revolves around the home plate ump?

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

Home plate umpire Jordan Baker appealed to third base ump Dan Merzel, who rung up Seager for strike three.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 25, 2024

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

The season was over by now, but the army-green burlap bags still stood ready for the next ump to call, “Play ball!”

From "Maniac Magee" by Jerry Spinelli