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In his first week officiating 9- and 10-year-old youth baseball games, umpire Tom Howell IV hoped that reading and rereading his rulebook would prevent any rookie mistakes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026

Santner was convinced the ball hit his armguard, but Stokes pointed to the strap of the batter's glove - in the Laws enough for him to be given out - and the third umpire agreed.

From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2026

The temptation will be to play umpire and decide from the chair whether AI stocks are overpriced and then lean against them, or to hint that the Fed will catch the market if they fall.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 23, 2026

Then the winning run advanced after the umpire ruled Phoenix Call was hit by Bell’s pitch.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 25, 2026

When the runners were moving up, the fans let the umpire have it for that.

From "Life Is So Good" by George Dawson

He’s flashed his fangs at chair umpires and once got himself thrown out of a U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 11, 2026

Vallejo has since taken to social media to defend his comments, stating on X that they have been "taken out of context" and he was referring to Carvalho specifically, rather than all female umpires.

From BBC ● May 29, 2026

It has also armed coaches and conferences with details about how umpires call games.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 30, 2026

But it gave viewers some sense of what players, pitchers and umpires were figuring out in real time: What counts as a ball and a strike in the most subjective of all spectator sports?

From Salon ● Apr. 13, 2026

The kidneys are the umpires of the body.

From "Ugly" by Robert Hoge

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

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

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

Klem umpired behind the bat in this game.

From Spalding's Official Baseball Guide - 1913 by

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026

An unparalleled life in umpiring began in 1970 and, fittingly, Bird's first Test came at Headingley in 1973, when New Zealand were the visitors to England.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2025

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

From Salon ● Aug. 9, 2025

To honor the occasion, Roberts and Correa greeted each other at home plate for the pregame lineup exchange and posed with the umpiring crew for a picture.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2023

His umpiring is pedagogic in tone; he fails to see the contest in the game.

From Certain Personal Matters by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)