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Umpire High School

Umpire High School is a comprehensive public high school located in Umpire, Arkansas, United States.


1970–71 Ashes series

John Edrich was awarded $200 as Man of the Match by the England umpire Charlie Elliott because "without John's 82 there'd have been no match".

1977 National League Championship Series

In the bottom of the second, with two outs and Richie Hebner on second and Bob Boone on first, Dodger starter Burt Hooton began to dispute ball/strike calls issued by home plate umpire Bob Engel.

1999 American League Championship Series

This game also featured the infamous trash throwing incident by fans when Jimy Williams was ejected from the game after arguing when Nomar Garciaparra was called out at first in the ninth inning, which followed a blown call by umpire Tim Tschida on a Chuck Knoblauch tag attempt of José Offerman in the eighth inning.

Adam Said Galore

Simon Struthers has also produced a number of other records for Perth bands and musicians, including Suburban Kid for Kevin Mitchell (aka Bob Evans) in 2003, the Tucker B's Kill Devil Hills, Apricot Rail, Umpire and Mukaizake.

Armando Galarraga

On June 2, 2010, while playing for the Tigers, he was deprived of a perfect game by an incorrect call made by umpire Jim Joyce in the top of the ninth inning with two outs.

Arthur Ashe Stadium

Arthur Ashe Stadium is equipped with the Hawk-Eye electronic system which allows tennis players to challenge the umpire's decision on calls made throughout championships.

B Satyaji Rao

He stood in 17 Test matches between 1960 and 1979, setting an Indian record subsequently equaled by Swaroop Kishen in 1984 and then surpassed by VK Ramaswamy (26 matches between 1985 and 1999) and Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan (73 matches between 1993 and 2004).

Bill Deegan

He also umpired in the 1978 All Star Game and the 1976 World Series; he was the home plate umpire for Game Four of the Series, which the defending champion Cincinnati Reds won on the strength of Johnny Bench's two-home run, five-RBI performance to complete a sweep of the New York Yankees.

Bill Kinnamon

During the 1961 season, Kinnamon became a part of history as the home plate umpire during Roger Maris' record-breaking single-season 61st home run, which was hit on October 1st to break Babe Ruth's single-season record.

Billy Doctrove

On 20 August 2006, the fourth day of the fourth test between England and Pakistan at The Oval, he was involved in controversy when he and fellow umpire Darrell Hair ruled that the Pakistani team had been involved in ball tampering.

Bob Bellemore

In addition to his coaching and career in education, Bellemore is also a baseball umpire in Rhode Island, covering games for the Rhode Island Interscholastic League, the Rhode Island Independent Amateur Baseball League, and other local leagues.

Bob Crockett

Crockett umpired a total of 32 Test matches, the highest number by an Australian umpire until passed by Tony Crafter in his last match in 1992.

Campisi's Egyptian Restaurant

Steve Palermo, American League umpire who was partially paralyzed by a gunshot wound while apprehending two armed robbers outside the restaurant on July 7, 1991.

Chris Jaksa

Along with fellow umpire instructor Rick Roder, Jaksa co-authored the only complete re-write of baseball's professional rules; this work is commonly known as the "Jaksa/Roder Manual."

Cocoa Expo Sports Center

In addition to Major League Baseball, the complex has been home to the Joe Brinkman Umpire School, Clint Hurdle's Big League Experience Camp, youth baseball, soccer, basketball and volleyball tournaments and is the home field for the Cocoa Expos professional women's soccer team.

David Halfyard

He was claiming invalidity benefit, when attending a match in the capacity of umpire, he was spotted bowling in the nets and was astonishly signed by Nottighamshire for a trial, who then immediately offered him a 3-year contract.

Derbyshire County Cricket Club

Charles Elliott, who later became a test umpire and selector, was another member of this team which was captained by AW Richardson.

Don Money

On April 10, 1976, Money hit a grand slam off Dave Pagan of the New York Yankees, only to see it taken back because the first base umpire had called time before the pitch was delivered.

Frank Pulli

Along with fellow umpire, Rich Garcia, Pulli was placed on probation by baseball commissioner Fay Vincent, in 1989 when he learned that they had placed bets on non-baseball sporting events with an illegal bookmaker.

Fred Swearingen

The call stood, and later in the drive Franco Harris ran 22 yards for a touchdown (a play on which Cowboys safety Charlie Waters was in position to make the tackle before he collided with umpire Art Demmas) and a 28–17 lead.

George Pipgras

He was the umpire behind the plate in one of baseball's most dramatic wins ever: on September 30, 1945, at St. Louis' Sportsman's Park, when Hank Greenberg hit a ninth inning Grand Slam, after Pipgras suggested to Greenberg that the game should be called on account of darkness.

Hitesh Modi

Modi's father is Subhash Modi, and the pair are unique as the only father/son pair to appear as batsman and umpire in the same One-day International.

Hooks Wiltse

Umpire Cy Rigler later admitted that he should have called the previous pitch strike three, which would have ended the inning.

Ivor Crapp

In 1914 he travelled to Sydney as the Western Australian representative umpire at the Australian National Football Council Carnival.

Jeff Gieschen

Gieschen (with the now former Head of Coaching for umpires, Rowan Sawers) has been acknowledged by the AFL (memorandum from Mark Evans, AFL Football Operations Manager, 30th October, 2013) as "...the longest serving umpire coach/manager combination in the history of the AFL. They have overseen a period of great improvement in the professionalism and advancement of umpiring programs and the outstanding performance of umpires and officials in Finals and Grand Finals."

Joanne Winter

In addition, she spent much of her free time training in a gymnasium owned by Jocko Conlan, a local hero and an umpire with Major League Baseball experience.

John Lannan

In his debut, behind 3–2 with one out in the fifth inning, Lannan hit Chase Utley with a fastball (breaking Utley's hand) and then hit Ryan Howard on the next pitch, whereupon umpire Hunter Wendelstedt immediately ejected Lannan from the game; Lannan was the first Major Leaguer in a decade to be tossed from his debut.

John Tumpane

One July 24, 2012, after MLB umpire Eric Cooper became ill during a game in which St. Louis experienced 104-degree heat with high humidity, Tumpane rushed to Busch Stadium to fill-in, arriving in the middle of the third inning and assuming the role of third base umpire.

Ken Katoh

When he played in Nippon Series on November 1, 2012, Kazuhito Tadano was thrown out of the game because Koichi Yanada, the umpire-in-chief in the game, judged that Tadano threw bean ball to his face.

Marty Foster

Foster was the home plate umpire for 300th career win of Tom Glavine, on August 5, 2007 at Wrigley Field.

Matt Hollowell

Matthew Stuart Hollowell (born July 12, 1971 in Somerville, New Jersey) was a vacation umpire in Major League Baseball from 2000 to 2004, filling in for injured or vacationing members of the full-time umpire staff.

Mike Devereaux

Angels manager Doug Rader argued the call with umpire Ken Kaiser the following day and was ejected prior to the start of the next game.

Mike DiMuro

DiMuro co-founded an organization called Blue For Kids with fellow umpire Marvin Hudson in 2004.

Mike's twin brother Ray also worked occasional games as a substitute umpire in the AL from 1996 to 1999.

Mike Muchlinski

Muchlinski was the first base umpire on June 13, 2012 when Giants pitcher Matt Cain threw a perfect game against the Houston Astros.

Nick Bremigan

National League umpire #2 Jerry Crawford kept the number when the umpires from both leagues merged into one staff in 2000.

Nick Skorich

The mechanics for umpires was changed by the NFL for the 2010 season, moving the umpire behind the quarterback, parallel to the referee, except for the last two minutes of each half.

Oberbeck

Henry Oberbeck (1858–1921), baseball outfielder, third baseman, pitcher and Umpire

Pete Kozma

Red Sox manager John Farrell stormed out of the dugout, confronted umpire Dana DeMuth and requested that the umpire crew get together and make a group decision on the ruling.

Referee

An umpire is also used in fleet racing to enforce Racing Rule 42 which limits the use of kinetics to drive the boat rather than the wind.

Richard Kettleborough

He was the ECB's designated TV umpire on the ICC International Panel for the 2009 season, but was appointed to stand on-field in a Twenty20 between England and Australia in August 2009 and a One Day International between the same sides a month later.

Ron Gardenhire

In contrast to Kelly's relatively calm, Bud Grant-like coaching style, Gardenhire is a very active and aggressive manager, frequently exiting the dugout to argue with the umpire, leading some to joke that "Gardy" gets ejected more times in a season than Kelly did in his entire career (as of September 11, 2013, Gardenhire has been ejected 67 times).

Saheba

Amiesh Saheba (born 1959), Indian cricket umpire and former cricketer

Shujauddin

Shujauddin (cricketer, 1919–2003), Indian cricketer for Delhi and Pakistani Test cricket umpire

Steve McCatty

During a 1982 exhibition game against the San Diego Padres, McCatty stepped to the plate wielding a toy 15-inch bat but was refused by umpire Jim Quick to hit.

William Trevor Martin

He and Tony Mackintosh both stood in their last Test as umpire in the 3rd Test between New Zealand and Pakistan at Eden Park in Auckland in February 1973.

Wilton Guerrero

Plate umpire Steve Ripley noticed cork in one of the shattered pieces, and showed it to crew chief and third-base umpire Bruce Froemming, who immediately ejected Guerrero.


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