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• n  an official at a baseball game
• n  someone chosen to judge and decide a disputed issue
  an umpire was appointed to settle the tax case
• v  be a referee or umpire in a sports competition

• The umpire was big, beefy, loud-voiced George Moriarty, one of the four chosen for the event each year (two from each major league, to insure impartiality).
• Even after arrival in the majors, an umpire's tenure is chronically insecure: he can be optioned, traded or fired, sometimes on whim.
• What's more, says Hamermesh, a slight umpire bias affects more than just the score; it also has an indirect effect on a team's psyche.

• ump
• arbiter
• arbitrator
• referee

News & Articles

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• Orioles vs. Blue Jays Video: Watch Buck Showalter Toss Out Entire Umpire Crew
  MLB  umpire Angel Hernandez has committed several notorious errors this season. On Friday night, Buck Showalter became the latest manager to express his displeasure with him. The 57-year-old skipper  yelled and gestured  his way to an ejection in the top of the second inning. Baltimore Orioles first baseman Chris Davis clearly whiffed on an R.A. Dickey knuckleball, but Hernandez was the only one ...
  June 22, 2013 - Bleacher Report
• Watch: Showalter's unique reaction to an ejection
  TORONTO (AP) -- Baltimore Orioles manager Buck Showalter has been ejected for arguing with plate umpire Angel Hernandez during a game against the Toronto Blue Jays.
  June 22, 2013 - Sports Illustrated
• Another Angel Hernandez controversy leads to classic Buck Showalter ejection
  <span class="mceItemHidden">Your browser does not support <span class="mceItemHiddenSpellWord">iframes</span>.</span> If I gave you one guess as to which umpire was involved in the most controversial call and most heated argument with a player or manager on Friday night, odds are you … Continue reading ?
  June 22, 2013 - Big League Stew via Yahoo! Sports

Quotes

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• Armando Galarraga in AFP
  You don't see an umpire after the game come out and say, 'Hey, let me tell you I'm sorry.' He said, 'You don't know how bad I feel. I'm so sorry. I don't know what to say,'Galarraga said, "I gave him a couple hugs and said, 'Nobody's...
• John McEnroe in Tampabay.com
  This is one of the few times where I feel bad for the umpire,well-known official-berater John McEnroe joked on BBC's TV coverage.
• Rafael Nadal in The Sport Review
  Sometimes in the past Toni would talk - maybe too much - and the referee or the umpire would give me advice and, if it continued, a warning, but he didn't talk too much today in my opinion,Nadal said after the match. "I told him (the...