UMPIRE

Umpire

In baseball, the umpire is the person charged with officiating the game, including beginning and ending the game, enforcing the rules of the game and the grounds, making judgment calls on plays, and handling the disciplinary actions. The term is often shortened to the colloquial form ump. They are also sometimes addressed as blue at lower levels due to the common color of the uniform worn by umpires. In professional baseball, the term "blue" is seldom used by players or managers, who instead call the umpire by name. Although games were often officiated by a sole umpire in the formative years of the sport, since the turn ...

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umpire

Noun

  1. The official who presides over a tennis game sat on a high chair.
  2. One of the two white-coated officials who preside over a cricket match.
  3. One of usually 4 officials who preside over a baseball game.
    The umpire called the pitch a strike.
  4. The official who stands behind the line on the defensive side.
    The umpire must keep on his toes as the play often occurs around him.
  5. A match official on the ground deciding and enforcing the rules during play. As of 2007 the Australian Football League uses 3, or in the past 2 or just 1. The other officials, the goal umpires and boundary umpires, are normally not called just umpires alone.
  6. A person who arbitrates between contending parties

Verb

  1. To act as an umpire in a game.
  2. To decide as an umpire; to arbitrate; to settle (a dispute, etc.).


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