Professional umpires work as a foursome during the regular season. The home plate umpire heads the crew and the other three umpires are responsible for activity at their base and the surrounding area. However, in amateur baseball as well as high school and college baseball, most crews include a home plate umpire and a field umpire. The field umpire is responsible for adjudicating plays all over the field and must position himself properly throughout the game.
Uniforms in baseball have undergone many changes since the 1960s. Through the first half of the 20th century, baseball umpires went to work as if they were going to a formal business meeting. The outfit included a black sports ...
Baseball umpires are responsible for officiating the game by making calls on every play. Following the basic rules of the game, umpires occasionally are required to make judgment calls based on their interpretation of those rul...
Baseball umpire gear usually refers to protective equipment worn by home plate umpires, even though all umpires wear uniforms and must be ready to work home plate in the event the scheduled home plate umpire is unavailable or m...
It's a mantra you'll hear from many coaches across a wide range of sports: Keep your eyes on the ball. Or, focus on the ball. In many sports, including golf, baseball and tennis, a large part of a player's success depends on hi...
Most fans who sit in the stands or watch baseball games on television smack their heads against their hands from time to time because they get exasperated with the umpire. As they wonder how an umpire could have made a particul...
Professional baseball umpires can trace their roots back to 1876, and in the decades that followed, there were many changes in the roles and responsibilities of umpires. And though they serve a vital role in baseball, umpires a...
Much like a referee in basketball or football, one missed call can change the result, and the pressure is always on to be right. Earning your living as an umpire in Major League Baseball or the minor leagues that supply players...
You have to not only be knowledgeable about the rules of the game, you also have to be confident in that knowledge at a moment's notice. Baseball umpires also need thick skin, taking harassment from fans, questions from players...
The baseball umpire is nearly as big a part of the baseball landscape as the players. While nobody buys a ticket to see the umpire call strikes or rule that a ball was fair or foul, the umpire must do his job fairly, honestly a...
Umpires play an important role to the game of baseball by regulating the game and keeping the rules. Since 1876, when William McLean became the first umpire in Major League Baseball, plate umpires have stood behind the catcher ...
