VIDEO: Classless Umpire Booed After Throwing Bat Away From Bat Dog for No Reason
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Showing posts with label Umpire. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Umpire. Show all posts
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19 August, 2017
Umpires in Detroit Take Stand Against Verbal Abuse
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DETROIT -- Two of the four umpires working Saturday's Los Angeles-Detroit Major League Baseball game wore white wristbands in support of the umpire association's stand against what it feels is increasing verbal abuse of its members. "This is in support of major league umpires," crew chief Bill Miller said after the Dodgers beat the Tigers 3-0.…
29 June, 2017
Safe in Pittsburgh: Umpire Keeps Suicidal Woman Alive
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PITTSBURGH -- Straight out of his suburban Chicago high school, John Tumpane became a professional umpire at 18. After a long slog beating the bushes, he reached his destination last year: the major leagues. Apparently, however, there was one more place he needed to be. That place was the Roberto Clemente Bridge, where on Wednesday a…
18 April, 2017
MLB Considers Giving Umpire Crew Chiefs Mics
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Ever wonder why that umpire upheld or overturned that controversial call against your team? You might be in luck. Major League Baseball is expected to discuss a plan for umpire crew chiefs to wear a microphone and explain controversial rulings after replay reviews, the Associated Press reports. If an agreement is reached, crew chiefs could be…
15 April, 2017
Umpire Stretchered off Released from Hospital
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Home plate umpire Dale Scott was released from a Toronto hospital Saturday morning after being removed from the field on a stretcher in Friday night's game between the Blue Jays and Baltimore Orioles. Scott, a 31-year veteran crew chief, was diagnosed with a concussion at Mount Sinai Hospital after a foul tip off the bat of…
