Article: To refer to the TV umpire or not to refer: what is the best way forward?(Sports)

Article: AFL: Contact with umpires issue not so severe Jackson
AAP Sports News (Australia);  May 16, 2001 ;     317 words ......certainly talking to the umpires themselves. "I think the impression is that people think the umpires are in some form of danger...people who follow football think it is." AAP dep/gjw KEYWORD: AFL UMPIRES 2001 AAP Information Services...

Article: Several More Umpires Withdraw Their Resignations
The Washington Post;  July 22, 1999 ;     700+ words ......resignations, five umpires changed their minds...who knows it. I think he should be replaced...Reed, one of the AL umpires who has resigned...light, we wouldn't think any worse of them...with minor league umpires on Tuesday, and...we're perfect. We think there needs to be...mentality ...

Article: Umpires are trying to maintain a lower profile
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  May 14, 2000 ;     700+ words ......the American League umpires, and they don't know us. But I think it's been more of...Al Leiter said. "I think it will get better...high." For years, umpires have almost universally...higher strike, so I think all umpires are making an effort...

Article: Umpires' mess needs cleaning Baseball should work toward compromise
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  August 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ......resignation scheme does not solve all of the problems with umpires. One of the chief objectives in upcoming negotiations was to weed out the incompetent umpires who have tainted the game at times. Some low-rated umpires will be purged when the replacements step in, but many...keeping bad ones is not the ...

Article: Minor league umpires vote to end strike.
Free Press (Kinston, NC);  May 31, 2006 ;     700+ words ......what the regular umpires would have made had...replacements, who I think stepped in and did...do it. And I don't think it's been nearly...when the regular umpires return will be consistency...been pretty good, I think. The strike zones...because (the regualar umpires) have more ...

Article: Umpires Strike; Amateurs Are Replacements
The Washington Post;  April 7, 1991 ;     700 words ......get assignments out to the umpires," he said. He said all major...issues - method of selecting umpires for postseason games, benefits...getting back to me. . . . I think it's going to be miserable. I think there's a lot of bitterness on the part of the umpires. But all they {baseball ...

Article: Umpires' call: Keep working Baseball promises summit aimed at better conduct
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  October 5, 1996 ;     682 words ......learn the regular umpires, not replacements...Texas Rangers. "I think with the impact of...seball's showcase events, umpires made it known they...sternly. "I just think it's shameful that...official. I don't think this (umpires) association will...

Article: Dissension creeps into umpires ranks More rescind resignations; others assail Phillips' role
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  July 22, 1999 ;     655 words ......who knows it. I think he should be replaced...1984, was one of 14 umpires who voted in February...resigned. Don't you think you should have...said the three umpires were distancing...questioned whether the umpires are unified behind...Hirschbeck said. "I think people are ...

Article: TODAY'S TOPIC: UMPIRES MLB's new unified system is still a work in progress
Chicago Sun-Times;  September 17, 2000 ;     672 words ......also approve. "I think they're better...calmer season for umpires after the tumultuous...Johnson said. "I think the National League...Even though all umpires work both leagues...Wrigley Field. "I think we've seen John Hirschbeck...out." Learning new umpires, their temperaments...

Article: COMMENTARY Umpires only hurting themselves; Fighting necessary improvements is foolish
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  July 18, 1999 ;     654 words ...Major-league umpires, apparently mistaking chest protectors for bulletproof...This, of course, is very stupid muscle-flexing by the umpires union, a small but powerful 68-member organization that holds one-of-a-kind jobs. Out of nowhere Wednesday, the umpires walked out of a membership meeting in ...

Article: AFL: AFL to meet with its umpires
AAP Sports News (Australia);  June 18, 2002 ;     446 words ...00-00-0000 AFL: AFL to meet with its umpires By Roger Vaughan MELBOURNE, June 18 AAP - The AFL will meet with the umpires' association tomorrow to discuss a push...Anderson, two days after Anderson said the umpires should be allowed to explain themselves...was wary about how it would work. I think ...

Article: Umpires threaten to quit Sept. 2
The Boston Globe;  July 15, 1999 ;     700+ words ......demanded severance pay if the leagues were no longer the umpires' official employers. "There had been a hope on our part...current contract, which runs through this season, the umpires are earning $75,000 to $225,000 annually. By resigning, umpires would collect a total of $15 million in severance pay, ...

Article: BASEBALL Umpires want respect Keep your distance, they warn in letter to Selig, league bosss
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  October 1, 1997 ;     466 words ......kind, be it intentional or inadvertent." He also said umpires wouldn't permit "threats; animated, energetic gestures...objects." Baseball said it "will take swift action" against umpires if they attempt to alter past practices and accused Phillips...appropriate damages will be sought from them and the ...

Article: Phillips's Position in Jeopardy; Some Umpires Favor His Ouster; Minor Leaguers Replace 22
The Washington Post;  September 3, 1999 ;     699 words ......arbitrator to hear the dispute, but labor experts give the umpires only a slim hope of winning a process that takes several...to pay $1.42 million in postseason bonuses to the 71 umpires on the major league staff as of Friday. Several umpires were highly critical of Phillips during the process...Baseball ...