Article: Umpires get short end of stick

Article: AFL: Umpires in crisis: AFL report
AAP Sports News (Australia);  March 13, 2003 ;     438 words ...00-00-0000 AFL: Umpires in crisis: AFL report By Robert Grant MELBOURNE...13 AAP - Recent clashes between coaches and umpires highlighted the need for zero tolerance of aggression towards umpires, outlined in a new AFL report. The report, compiled...

Article: LIKE PITCHERS, UMPIRES ALSO BENEFIT FROM CONTROL.(Sports)(Column)
Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO);  July 6, 1999 ;     534 words ......Ringolsby Rocky Mountain News Staff Writer Major league umpires aren't above the law. It's just that nobody knew when umpires were disciplined. Now everyone knows. Despite the protests of umpires counsel Richie Phillips, the announcement of the three-ga...

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...is very stupid muscle-flexing by the umpires union, a small but powerful 68-member...one-of-a-kind jobs. Out of nowhere Wednesday, the umpires walked out of a membership meeting in...

Article: 57 Umpires Plan To Resign Sept. 2
AP Online;  July 14, 1999 ;     433 words ...AP Online 07-14-1999 57 Umpires Plan To Resign Sept. 2 PHILADELPHIA...union said Wednesday that 57 of its umpires would resign effective Sept. 2, citing...greater than it's ever been,'' said umpires general counsel Richie Phillips, adding...

Article: Baseball should do more to see that its umpires get in shape.(Originated from Knight-Ridder Newspapers)
Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service;  April 3, 1996 ;     700+ words ...Umpires are fond of saying that theirs is the only profession in...years. And that is the issue of the physical condition of umpires. In a word, it is slovenly. Can you ever remember a time...didn't go to a major-league game and at least two of the umpires were _ let's not mince words here _ fat? And in the ...

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 ...Baseball umpires, once again upset by what they say is a lack...during the post-season. The support for your umpires has been worse than woeful. . . it has been practically non-existent," umpires union head Richie Phillips said in a letter...

Article: Umpires created their own mess Commissioner gave them time to rescind resignations
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  September 5, 1999 ;     700+ words ...In the aftermath of the purging of 22 umpires last week after their union's disastrous...behind the entire affair. Those misguided umpires were pointing fingers in the wrong direction...his bounds, refused to blink. They gave umpires eight days to come to their senses and...

Article: Several More Umpires Withdraw Their Resignations
The Washington Post;  July 22, 1999 ;     700+ words ...Several more umpires rescinded their resignations yesterday...League Baseball has considered giving umpires a deadline to change their minds or face...since 53 of the 66 unionized major league umpires quit last week, may announce his plans...

Article: Phillips's Position in Jeopardy; Some Umpires Favor His Ouster; Minor Leaguers Replace 22
The Washington Post;  September 3, 1999 ;     699 words ...Thirty-nine of major league baseball's 71 umpires have endorsed a movement to oust Richie...of Wednesday's agreement that cost 22 umpires their jobs. That deal was the result of a labor strategy in which umpires submitted letters of resignation, hoping...

Article: Baseball Umpires Threaten to Quit En Masse before Season's End.
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  July 15, 1999 ;     700+ words ......News Jul. 15 -- Major League Baseball umpires, disturbed over growing tensions with...counsel for the Major League Baseball Umpires Union, issued the declaration after a...included 57 of the 68 big-league umps. The umpires had gathered on the final day of the all-st...

Article: Umpires, players take centrestage
New Straits Times;  January 23, 2001 ;     550 words ...S. Selvam New Straits Times 01-23-2001 Umpires, players take centrestage Byline: S. Selvam...of the players against the decisions of umpires. With the League almost coming to an end...against virtually each and every decision of umpires have become the norm rather than the exception...

Article: STEAM RISING AS UMPIRES STEW.(SPORTS)
Daily News (Los Angeles, CA);  July 16, 1999 ;     593 words ......Matt McHale Staff Writer Major-league umpires expected to get booed when they took the...more important than public opinion in the umpires' dispute with the commissioner's office...don't have a chance,'' Sheffield said. ``Umpires have to stay together in their beliefs...

Article: Umpires Reverse Call; Group Sues for Right To Pull Resignations
The Washington Post;  July 27, 1999 ;     558 words ......about to be accepted by Major League Baseball, umpires yesterday changed their minds and sued for the...District Court in Philadelphia, the Major League Umpires Association asks that umpires be given until Sept. 2 to withdraw the resignations...

Article: Umpires take a big gamble with careers
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  July 23, 1999 ;     557 words ...If the major-league umpires go through with this resignation gambit...Regardless of what you think of current umpires, the new umps won't be as good. The...as labor-management leverage for the umpires' union. Whatever else you say about...