according to a social media post by online retailer Ump Attire. Emmel called balls and strikes in the big leagues from 1999-2023 and had served as a crew chief since 2017. He is the second umpire ...

Umpire-focused retailer Ump Attire announced on social media this week that veteran umpire Paul Emmel has retired. The 56-year-old Emmel has been an MLB umpire since 1999 and a crew chief since 2017.

“It’s very hard, but I just ignore it,” he said of fan complaints. Cooper has worn his umpire gear and “called” balls and strikes at three MLB games thus far — the Giants-Dodgers game ...

Thursday’s 2025 SEC Baseball Tournament second-round game between Tennessee and Texas was haulted for several minutes in the ...

The FTX logo on umpire uniforms will stop in 2023 as the cryptocurrency exchange company is mired in ... More scandal. But MLB fully extracting themselves from a large sponsorship deal is a ...

Among the concessions won by the AMLU were increases in pay and per diem, upgrades in hotels, a tweak to the way umpire uniforms are purchased and improved procedures for concussion protocols.

In June, during an independent league game between the San Rafael Pacifics and Pittsburg Diamonds, Byrnes crouched behind the plate in full umpire gear. He made the calls for the fans' benefit ...

Army Staff Sgt. Joseph Abbott wore an umpire’s mask and chest protector along with his military fatigues Tuesday as his son Hunter stood in the batter’s box. Abbott wished his son luck and the ...