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While the calls Umps make can be difficult, hairline judgments, the game of baseball offers a slow-paced stage and gives them the opportunity to pay close attention to what's right in front of their face.
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Umps do their best to discern whether a pitch was between the letters and the knees and within the borders of home plate.
Eric Liu: The Real Meaning of Balls and Strikes Eric Liu 2010
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Nailing the Umps According to MLB's rule 5.09 (g), if a pitched ball lodges in the umpire's or catcher's mask or paraphernalia and remains out of play, all runners advance one base.
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The Feds admitted that a fingerprint was misread (badly, I might add, if $2,000,000 is any measure of their need to join the MLB umpires union, because their eyesight apparently rivals that of the Umps).
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ArmyBaghram Air Force Base, AfghanistanC'mon, Keep the UmpYour article on using electronics in baseball left me astonished ( "Umps Call Foul," Oct. 7).
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Umps got it right, but Game 6 shows need for replay
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Umps got it right, but Game 6 shows need for replay
USATODAY.com - History still on Yankees' side in Red Sox rivalry 2004
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Umps got it right, but Game 6 shows need for replay
USATODAY.com - Collapse will haunt Yankees for a long time 2004
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Umps got it right, but Game 6 shows need for replay
USATODAY.com - When Red Sox turn to closer for key outs, that's all Foulke 2004
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Umps got it right, but Game 6 shows need for replay
USATODAY.com - Schilling's Game 1 hopes batted away by Yanks 2004
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