A well-respected umpire known as “Uncle Mitch” died over the weekend after he collapsed in the heat during a South Carolina ...

Don Denkinger, a Major League Baseball umpire for 30 years, has died. He was 86 years old. The news was announced by Denkinger’s daughter, Denise Hanson, who said Friday that her father passed ...

SUMTER, S.C. ( WIS /Gray News) - A beloved youth sports umpire died over the weekend while working during a heat wave. The ...

NEW YORK — Don Denkinger, a major league umpire for three decades whose blown call in the 1985 World Series overshadowed a three-decade career of excellence, died Friday. He was 86.

Jen Pawol, a baseball umpire in the minors, ... If someone else is handling my ejections, I don’t belong out there. I don’t have the backbone to do the job,” Pawol said.

Jan. 30—Area umpire associations are inviting those interested in becoming a baseball or softball umpire to register for classes that begin in February. Training and certification for OHSAA and ...

ELMIRA, N.Y. (WETM) – The spring sports season is almost here and one local group is in search of new talent. The Elmira ...

But umpires love the job anyway. Colorado Public Radio's Vic Vela reports. An umpire works on his strike call stance at a July 30 Major League Baseball-sponsored umpire clinic at Denver's Coors Field.

Mitchell Huggins, a beloved junior sports umpire in the Midlands, died while on duty during a heat wave. The 61-year-old passed away Saturday after being transported to a hospital, according to the ...

The umpire Don Denkinger in 1997. He worked with the American League for 30 years. ... Iowa, at 86, he was remembered mostly for his famously botched call on baseball’s greatest stage.

Don Denkinger, a major league umpire for three decades whose blown call in the 1985 World Series overshadowed a career of excellence, died May 12 at a hospice facility in Waterloo, Iowa. He was 86 ...

A father has been charged after punching a 63-year-old umpire during a high school baseball game in central Florida, ... I don’t even know his face,” the umpire said of Gonzalez.