Sentences with phrase «of baseball umpires»

It is used in prepared childbirth training, yoga, therapy for anxieties or phobias, and the training of baseball umpires.

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The Pope is basically just like an Umpire in a Baseball game — he keeps the game going and indicates what's in play or not, by the written rule book — but does not change the rules of the game — that's set.

Steve P. can't even decide on what god to honor and yet he sits in judgment of the umpires of baseball!!!

Baseball has a lot of charms, and exactly none of them involve two umpires with headphones standing around for nine minutes.

Sure, the call went your way, but somewhere deep down, you know the Red Sox sweeping the Rockies was retribution from the baseball gods, a punishment for benefiting from the interference of an umpire who ended a game that seemed like it was never going to end, that would probably still be being played right now if not for that botched call because dear lord this game had everything but also was great mostly because it was terrible.

In 1935, Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis, the baseball commissioner, barred Husing from covering the World Series for having called the umpiring in the previous Series «some of the worst I've ever seen.»

Baseball could, if it wanted, hare an official scorer of its own even as it has umpires.

This Little League Umpire calling the Australia - Puerto Rico game has to be one of the best umpire's in all of basebUmpire calling the Australia - Puerto Rico game has to be one of the best umpire's in all of basebumpire's in all of baseball...

Tim Welke, secretary - treasurer of the World Umpires Association, the new union that rose from the ashes of the Richie Phillips - led group that collapsed after the resignation fiasco, says such a small number easily could be absorbed by Major League Baseball.

The fallout from the umpires union's ill - conceived 1999 mass resignation continued last month, when an arbitrator in Philadelphia declared that Major League Baseball must take back nine of the 22 umps who lost their jobs.

Joe has upheld the rules of fair play for more than 5,000 Major League Baseball games, and is on his way to the record for most career games ever worked by an MLB umpire.

There are a number of umps who tend to favor pitchers on borderline calls and my hypothesis was that Phil Cuzzi, Ron Kulpa, Bill Miller, Ted Barret and Doug Eddings — who are renowned for having the largest strike zones in baseball — would be among the most profitable umpires for betting unders.

This would be a good time for baseball to review the performance of the umpire in question and publicly hold the umpire accountable for their actions but we've seen this movie before and we know how it ends.

As the business of baseball evolved and the professional leagues stopped hiring castoffs from vaudeville, the umpire's apparel became less formal and more functional.

In the early days of baseball, umpires wore top hats and tails.

Gallaraga saved that MLB a lot of trouble that might have endured if fans and players began questioning the integrity of umpires and not understanding why baseball is the only sport that doesn't use instant replay.

«This week, a player publicly and harshly impugned the character and integrity of Angel Hernandez — a veteran umpire who has dedicated his career to baseball and the community,» the World Umpires Association said in a statement.

And baseball is never more, or more wonderfully, part of that scene than it will be on Opening Day next week when the umpire yells, «Play Ball!»

In baseball, the home plate umpire does give the home pitcher the benefit of the doubt on close pitches.

Baseball Handicapping - Umpires Pitchers - Over the years our posting forums have seen some of the sharpest bettors and bookmakers offer their expertise on various subjects.

Rich Rieker, director of umpiring for Major League Baseball.

Fields were top notch, communication was excellent and the umpires were the best I have seen in 10 years of travel baseball.

We offer this Baseball Umpire Dad coloring page with several different sentences in addition to our Fathers Day collection of coloring page sentence readers.

Schiot shares the stories of luminaries like mountain climber Annie Smith Peck, who caused a scandal in 1895 when she ascended the Matterhorn in pants instead of a skirt, and Bernice Gera, pro baseball's first female umpire, who was harassed by the men in her class at the Florida Baseballbaseball's first female umpire, who was harassed by the men in her class at the Florida BaseballBaseball School.

The University of Southern Illinois Press re-issued Gutkind's book (originally by Dial Press) about major league umpires, The Best Seat In Baseball, But You Have to Stand!

Presenting the work of a true American original, an umpire turned artist whose hand - painted baseballs capture the nostalgic magic of a golden era.

As winter turns to spring and hockey gives way to baseball and soccer, I can't help but think about the role of referees and umpires and wonder why we don't use them more for commercial dispute resolution.

«Roberts» comparison of a judge to a baseball umpire reminds me of an old story about three different versions of judicial reasoning, built on the same analogy.

Back during his 2005 Senate judiciary committee confirmation hearings to become the Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court, John Roberts tried to allay Democratic senators» fears that he was a conservative ideologue by famously comparing the role of judges with baseball umpires and declaring, «It's my job to call balls and strikes and not to pitch or bat.»

When not focusing on the practice of law, Mr. Weir is a youth baseball coach and umpire with the inner city Beckum Stapleton Little League.

So imagine my delight when I found a recent podcast that examined how decisions by adjudicators (baseball umpires, judges and bank loan officers) can be affected by totally random factors such as the the order in which they are made and time of day.

Anyone who wonders why Congress is more unpopular than a myopic baseball umpire who hates the home team need only look on page 1,967 of the omnibus spending bill.

Larry Friedman, the president of the Broward Baseball Umpire Association, says the association, which has about 80 umpires, opened it up for any of the officials who wanted to work the game.

Umpire for multiple age groups of baseball and softball.

Most Baseball Umpires have completed the courses of a professional umpire training school.

Those interested in a Baseball Umpire career should be able to highlight the following skills in their resumes: knowledge of baseball rules, being able to make split - second decisions, integrity, time management, and recordBaseball Umpire career should be able to highlight the following skills in their resumes: knowledge of baseball rules, being able to make split - second decisions, integrity, time management, and recordbaseball rules, being able to make split - second decisions, integrity, time management, and recordkeeping.