Talk:Umpire (baseball)

message: how much are they paid? --69.94.194.91 02:17, 28 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Pay

message: There should be a description of the various signals used by umpires (safe, out, strike, etc.). Tzadik 12:32, 10 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree. Personally, I do not know all of the signals, but could we have an expert fill this in for us? Signals are as follows index finger up with no following motion is 1 out. Two fingers on the wrist as if to signal a watch is a timimg play or two outs. 1 finger on the brim of the cap pointing up means beware of infield fly. Fist pointing to the first base is a rotation alert. Any time a man is on first is a possible rotation
Gopal81ChatMe!ReadMe!! 01:49, 27 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Signals

message: The sentences about umpires' sportsmanship-control duties in the "Amateur Umpires" section are out of place. Picklegnome 01:11, 3 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Amatuer Umpires

message: I've never heard that. I played baseball growing up, and have always been a big fan. Also, a quick Google search does not turn up many such usages. Unless someone knows otherwise, I think we should remove that statement. Guanxi 22:11, 6 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: If anything, they're always addressed as "blue!" As a little anecdote, I was at a softball game two days ago, and a foul ball came my way, so when it came time to throw it back in, I yelled "blue" to the field umpire who then looked my way so I could throw it in. Everyone else I saw who retreived a foul ball out of play did that too, to return it. It's a long-standing nickname for umpires, so I'm surprised you've never heard it before! Perhaps a better search on Google will find what you're looking for. Jared (t)  12:33, 7 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I back that up. "blue" is more common than "ump". I hear it all the time, any game, any age. --Borgardetalk 14:39, 7 August 2007 (UTC)

text: I back it up as well. I'm an umpire, and I'm always called blue.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.87.107.122 (talk) 00:07, 8 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  "sometimes addressed as blue"? 

message: Why do home plate umpires sometimes put their hand on the catchers back?
Marcfirenze (talk) 23:04, 14 July 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Because they're standing directly behind the catcher, concentrating on the pitch, and don't want to actually interfere with or be hit by the catcher? I don't think that there's any real reason for this, other then it's more comfortable, basically. What brings the question up, anyway? Some specific incident?— V = I * R (talk) 23:11, 14 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Why do home plate umpires sometimes put their hand on the catchers back? 

message: Nothing about arguing with the ump? There’s an article on bench-clearing brawl; Wikipedia should have something about this as well. —Wiki Wikardo 03:35, 24 April 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Arguing 

message: There's a good shot of umpire equipment in the Toronto Archives photos:  - Dnllnd (talk) 17:33, 15 May 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: Archival photo

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message: Suggestion/proposal to relocate the table of 2018 MLB umpiring crews from the Umpire (baseball) page (exact location Umpire (baseball)#Current MLB umpiring crews) to the 2018 Major League Baseball season page. Since umpiring crews are unique to each season, providing that info in the MLB season page will make it readily available for future reference. Thoughts? Dmoore5556 (talk) 03:27, 2 September 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Umpiring crews