Umpire-Empire Reporter

This Code of Rules: Moore living his dreamsMLB.com Malachi sits down at a ballroom table with Hunter Wendelstedt, the Major League umpire whose father, Harry, started the school, and Tripp Gibson, a Triple-A umpire who will soon be on the verge of the Majors. Malachi feels good about his chances of ... View the full article

Yahoo! Sports (blog) Minor-league DJ ejected from game after playing 'Three Blind Mice' (Video)Yahoo! Sports (blog) It led to one of the funnier scenes we'll see from a minor-league game all season as umpire Mario Seneca took immediate objection to hearing "Three Blind Mice" playing after he had made a questionable call at Daytona's Jackie Robinson Ballpark. The ... View the full article

Local chases dreamNews of Orange County The 19-year-old graduated fourth in his class at the five-week Harry Wendelstedt Umpire School in Florida before advancing to the Professional Baseball Umpire Clinic for his placement. Stages of the .... At PBUC, it was a bit of a different game. The ... View the full article

Umpire accused of keeping others' payGreat Falls Tribune The head umpire for American Legion baseball is accused of keeping for himself money that was due to seven other umpires for two months' worth of work. William James Thomas, 55, is charged with one count of felony theft based on allegations he took ... Thomas charged with embezzling from Legion Baseball in Great FallsKRTV Great Falls News all 2 news articles » View the full article

Bleacher Report Umpire's Ejection of "Three Blind Mice" Deejay Was Historically Correct CallBleacher Report Umpire Angel Hernandez—the same one from the 1988 ejection—who in 2001 ejected a visibly intoxicated Steve McMichael after the former Chicago Bears player took advantage of his seventh inning stretch microphone time at Wrigley Field to incite the ... Minor-league DJ ejected from game after playing 'Three Blind Mice' (Video)Yahoo! Sports (blog) U of I student deejay ejected from minor-league ballgame for playing 'Three ...Chicago Tribune all 268 news articles » View the full article

Bay News 9 Baseball Umpire Ejects Intern for Playing '3 Blind Mice' After Botched Call Bleacher Report It turns out that baseball umpires at all levels are sensitive when it comes to blown calls. Just ask Daytona Cubs intern Derek Dye. According to a report from Danny Wild of MLB.com (via MiLB.com), during a High-A game between Fort Myers and Daytona on ... View the full article

Kansas City Star Devin Mesoraco suspended three games for making contact with umpireCBSSports.com (blog) Reds catcher Devin Mesoraco has been suspended for three games and fined an undisclosed amount by Major League Baseball for making contact with umpire Chad Fairchild during a confrontation between the two earlier this week. Monday, in the top of the ... Baseball-Reds catcher banned three games for touching umpireChicago Tribune Reds catcher banned three games for touching umpireReuters Reds' Mesoraco suspended for ump bumpSI.com MLB.com all 221 news articles » View the full article

Local umpires working American Legion state baseball tourneyLancaster Eagle Gazette LANCASTER --A curveball that appeared to be in the strike zone was called a ball by the home plate umpire, drawing cat calls from one side of the stands Tuesday during an American Legion State Baseball Tournament game at Beavers Field. A half inning ... and more » View the full article

Comcast SportsNet New England Valentine, Beckett ejected after umpire misses Middlebrooks HBPComcast SportsNet New England But when order was restored, O'Nora ruled that the pitch had struck Middlebrooks' bat, refusing to allow him to take first. Bobby Valentine argued for several minutes before earning an ejection as crew chief Tom Hallion came in from third base and ... Rapid Reaction: Red Sox 3, Yankees 2ESPN (blog) Red Sox 3, Yankees 2 (10 inn.): Pedro powerMetroWest Daily News Red Sox may have turned it around in BronxMLB.com Chicago Tribune -The Republic all 1,709 news articles » View the full article

Three umpires in separate arguments at same timeYahoo! Sports However, I've seen outfielders run into the wall, drop the baseball, and the play continued on, while another outfielder, tracked down the baseball!!!! There was no REASON on Earth, for the play to be stopped, while a player is arguing with an Umpire ... and more » View the full article

Bud Selig Plans to Extend Instant ReplayRant Sports The strike zone is a rule not a preference as some umpires use it as. There shouldn't be different strike zones used by other umpires. I am so sick of idiots like DJ Reyburn, Angel Hernandez, CB Bucknor, and Jeff Kellogg making up their own strike ... and more » View the full article

HBT: Making his MLB debut, Mets pitcher Matt Harvey strikes out 11 and allows no runs in 5 1/3 innings of a 3-1 win over the D-backs. View the full article

Hanley Ramirez went 2-for-4 with an RBI in his Dodgers debut, but the Cardinals won 3-2 in 12 innings on Wednesday night. Rafael Furcal singled home the winning run with two outs in the 12th inning and St. Louis Cardinals dampened the Dodgers debut of Hanley Ramirez, beating Los Angeles 3-2 Wednesday night. View the full article

Cal Ripken Jr.'s 74-year-old mother was found with her hands bound in the back seat of her car Wednesday after she said she was kidnapped at gunpoint a day earlier at her home outside Baltimore and driven around blindfolded by her abductor, police and neighbors said. View the full article

Ventura knows umpires try to get all calls correctChicago White Sox First-base umpire Angel Hernandez originally called De Aza's ball a single before huddling with fellow umpires and ruling that Mastroianni caught it. Both White Sox manager Robin Ventura and Twins manager Ron Gardenhire argued the call. On replays, the ... and more » View the full article

MLB umpire visits baseball camp held at Nor-GwynThe Times Herald He's friends with Rev. James Carver of Sanctuary United Methodist Church. He knows Phillies centerfielder Shane Victorino and Major League Baseball umpire Alphonso Marquez. The connection with the church, coupled with Sanctuary's proximity to the ... and more » View the full article

FOX2now.com MLB Umps Bring Smiles To Children In Hospital FOX2now.com 'Our main goal and main objective is just to hopefully bring a smile to their face and brighten their day- even if it`s a couple of minutes that they allow us to come into their rooms,' added Major League Baseball umpire Eric Cooper. Most of the kids ... and more » View the full article

TSN Cooper ill, Dodgers-Cardinals game begins an umpire short with replacement ...Washington Post D.J. Reyburn was behind the plate with Marty Foster at third and Jeff Kellogg at first base. The Cardinals said minor league umpire John Tumpane was scheduled to arrive sometime during the game. Copyright 2012 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. Cooper ill, game begins with 3 umpiresHouma Courier Dodgers 5, Cardinals 3San Jose Mercury News all 544 news articles » View the full article

Ichiro And Brian RungeLookout Landing It just so happens that umpires like to grant pitches off the plate to left-handed hitters. Ichiro going deep off of Rivera might forever be my fondest Ichiro memory in a Mariners uniform. Ichiro getting ejected by Brian Runge might forever be the most ... and more » View the full article

Fredbird, MLB umpires visit kids in Children's HospitalKSDK While Fredbird supplied his customary high-fives and "beakings" the umpires brought Build-A-Bear stuffed animals for the kids. The visit was made possible by UMPS CARE Charities, a non-profit organization founded by MLB Umpires in 2006. The program is ... View the full article

Video: MLB's 'worst ump' gets hit in the faceDetroit Free Press On Thursday, a pitch from Indians starter Ubaldo Jimenez hit Rays outfielder Desmond Jennings, and deflected right into the face of home plate umpire CB Bucknor. Bucknor was voted Major League Baseball's worst umpire in to an ESPN survey of players in ... and more » View the full article

The Star-Ledger - NJ.com Mets frustrated by umpire in 6-1 loss to BravesThe Star-Ledger - NJ.com Mets pitching coach Dan Warthen ejected by umpire (wire) Dale Zanine/US PresswireMets pitching coach Dan Warthen is ejected by home plate umpire C.B. Bucknor after Warthen objected to some of Bucknor's pitch-calling in the fifth inning. ATLANTA - The ... Warthen ejected during meeting on moundMLB.com Duda to have left hamstring examined MondayNew York Mets all 87 news articles » View the full article

All-Star Game memorable for KnightsGreat Falls Tribune BRIAN KNIGHT, a 1993 Helena Capital graduate and former Pioneer League umpire, is in the midst of his fourth season in the major leagues. He's believed to be the only Montana-born umpire to reach the bigs. Last Tuesday at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas ... View the full article

Stamford Umpire Sets Big Goals In Little LeagueThe Daily Voice Mickey Vitti has those same dreams as a baseball umpire. Vitti, a native of Stamford, won't make it this year but could be there soon. He'll be an umpire for the Little League Eastern Regional in August in Bristol. Umpires are evaluated at the ... View the full article

CBSSports.com (blog) Players publicly back umpiresCBSSports.com (blog) Perhaps the biggest difference in umpiring is how we see it -- with High Definition TV, more TV camera angles, Pitch F/X, TV broadcasts of every game and even a 24-hour-a-day TV network dedicated to baseball, every bad call gets blown up, so there ... and more » View the full article