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It was about the possibility that West Hills brothers Jim and Randy Wolf, both in the minor leagues at the time, could one day be together in the big leagues as umpire and pitcher.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2026

“It’s like trying to get on the Supreme Court,” Randy said of his brother’s umpire journey.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2026

As the Journal’s Greg Ip wrote, though, the central bank “isn’t a neutral umpire, it is the most important player in the game.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026

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

From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026

I heard the umpire scream “Out!” and Sidney Goldberg ran over to help me to my feet, a look of disbelief and ecstatic joy on his face.

From "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok

Durham coach Ryan Campbell wrote on X: "Cricket sometimes doesn't help itself. Before everyone loads up on the poor old umpires, it's not their fault."

From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026

There was no immediate explanation provided by the team or the umpires.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2026

At 18:30, with up to an hour of playing time remaining and with the weather the best it had been all day, umpires Paul Reiffel and Allahuddien Parker abandoned proceedings.

From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026

“There were umpires in the Valley who trembled at the thought of being behind home plate with McDowell on the mound,” I wrote.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2026

There were umpires everywhere, men who said who was winning or losing the theoretical battle, who was alive and who was dead.

From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut

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

Despite being in the MLB for 34 seasons, he had not worked a World Series game since 2005, nor umpired a league championship series since 2016.

From BBC ● May 28, 2024

Pawol’s spring training debut marked the first time since 2007 that a woman umpired a major league spring training game, last done by Ria Cortesio.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 24, 2024

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

From Washington Times ● Jun. 29, 2023

In 1908 I umpired in a memorable game which took place at New Haven between Yale and Princeton, which resulted in a victory for Yale, 12-10.

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

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

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026

Since then, only a handful of women, including Pam Postema and Ria Cortesio, reached high levels of baseball umpiring minor league games, but none worked the majors.

From Salon ● Aug. 9, 2025

Since umpiring his first MLB game in 1991, Hernández has drawn scorn from nearly everyone.

From BBC ● May 28, 2024

With the lieutenant "umpiring" from the little wireless room of the tractor, Joe and Frank "stood" Jerry and Slim, and from a distance of a hundred feet apart the battle began.

From The Brighton Boys in the Radio Service by James R. [pseud.] Driscoll