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When Osaka returned on Thursday, the umpire had to remind the crowd several times to be quiet.

From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026

In one video, which has gone viral, a group can be seen speaking loudly as they film themselves during Osaka's first-round match on Tuesday, which led to the chair umpire calling for them to stop.

From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026

Snell threw two pitches to Hao-Yu Lee and then, after a conversation with home plate umpire Chris Guccione, headed off the field and disappeared down the dugout tunnel.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 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

A good umpire should be disinterested, said Casey, but most certainly not uninterested.

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2026

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 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

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

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

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

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

On one occasion there was a quarrel between mother and daughter over the result of a spelling-match between them which I had umpired and which Lucy had won.

From The Rise of David Levinsky by Abraham Cahan

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

The umpiring ranks are about to get younger—and, as far as it pertains to ABS, more accurate.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026

Bird was immortalised by a statue in Barnsley in 2009, albeit the statue had to be lifted above ground level four years later because his raised umpiring finger would regularly be adorned with rude objects.

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

They will realize how difficult umpiring is, and that bad as umpires often are they are doing their best.

From Lawn Tennis for Ladies by Mrs. Lambert Chambers