ump

• “That means the ump is going against his best judgment because of the review.”

  MLB's replay initiative needs its own review

• “I hear the ump is upset about it, but MLB won’t reverse it.”

  Pink is the New Blog | Everybody's Business Is My Business » Blog Archive » Les News, 060310

• “April 8, 2008 at 8:41 pm not so sure about that call ump .. looked a little outside”

  IGD: Padres @ Giants (8 Apr 08)

• “After bumping Cobble and arguing with him over a call, Robinson called the ump “a no-good human being” and drew a three-game suspension.”

  Simon & Schuster: Baseball’s Even Greater Insults

• “Example: Say ump hundred, umpty-ump, umpteen or ump years ago, non-central character X unleashes the Dark Lord or steals the MacGuffin Device, only to be Horribly Killed immediately for their Terrible Folly, leaving aforesaid Dark Lord/MacGuffin Device loose in the world to create merry havoc.”

  On Prologues

• “The actual dynamics is more gnarly, to my mind, with nested and threaded sub-narratives of disruption, recognition and reaction (ump-thousand word blog post on this here).”

  Archive 2009-04-01

• “He knocked Dante to the ground as he raced out of the dugout and ripped into the ump.”

  Simon & Schuster: Parents Behaving Badly

• “The ump wasted no time and ejected Athletics manager Rich Richards on the spot.”

  Simon & Schuster: Parents Behaving Badly

• “Using his booming voice as his gavel, the ump restored order.”

  Simon & Schuster: Parents Behaving Badly

• “The ump stopped the game and halted the hissy fit, ordering Richards to leave the field and his wife and Melissa to return to their respective bleachers with a warning that any further outbursts would result in their being ejected too.”

  Simon & Schuster: Parents Behaving Badly

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