How to Use ump in a Sentence

ump

noun

• Could this lead to full robot umps?
  — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 28 Mar. 2026
• But the umps have little choice but to adapt.
  — Ken Rosenthal, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2026
• But then … Those pesky robot umps came to town.
  — Jayson Stark, New York Times, 3 Apr. 2026
• The game isn’t over with until the ump (umpire) calls the game.
  — Marcus Gutierrez, Houston Chronicle, 3 Mar. 2020
• And second-base ump Emil Jimenez missed the call.
  — Kansas City Star, 29 Mar. 2026
• Adding the robot umps is likely to cut down on ejections.
  — Ronald Blum, Denver Post, 23 Sep. 2025
• But that doesn’t mean that every baseball fan hasn’t screamed at an ump over a bad call.
  — Encyclopedia Britannica, 18 Mar. 2026
• The ump had to manage the Giants.
  — Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 21 June 2026
• Coaches aren't allowed to argue a pitch clock call by the ump.
  — Stefan Stevenson, star-telegram, 22 Mar. 2018
• The home plate ump would be replaced by an electronic strike zone.
  — Bill Carter For Cnn Business Perspectives, CNN, 10 Apr. 2020
• Why not simply have the home-plate ump get out his jeweler’s loupe?
  — Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle, 6 June 2021
• The school also trains umps for every level, from youth leagues on up.
  — Katie Woo, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2026
• Maybe the ump could check the pitcher’s hands, then go up into the stands and check the fan’s hands.
  — Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle, 6 May 2022
• Tumpane, the home plate ump, kept watching the pitches and calling balls.
  — Rustin Dodd, kansascity.com, 25 June 2017
• Here’s what to know about MLB’s robot umps.
  — Ronald Blum, Twin Cities, 23 Sep. 2025
• Four innings in, the crowd got up the nerve to boo the ump and baseball was back to normal.
  — Jeff Suess, The Enquirer, 30 Mar. 2021
• The replay ump can sort it out after the play if the call was incorrect.
  — Paul Uhls, Cincinnati.com, 3 Jan. 2020
• Who is powering the robot ump tech?
  — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 28 Mar. 2026
• And pitchers say at least some umps are fine with ABS, too.
  — Ken Rosenthal, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2026
• Why give umps a reason to ring up a player who likes to be selective at the plate?
  — David Haugh, chicagotribune.com, 13 June 2018
• Baseball’s umps believe a ball is a dance and a strike is a union decision.
  — Nick Canepacolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Feb. 2023
• Regardless, eliminate at least one ump on the field and put him in the booth.
  — Paul Uhls, Cincinnati.com, 3 Jan. 2020
• No one’s really mad about pitch clocks or even robot umps anymore.
  — Chris Branch, New York Times, 19 June 2026
• As in any profession, some umps are better than others.
  — Ken Rosenthal, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2026
• During the first robo-ump season, players complained about some strange calls.
  — Zach Helfand, The New Yorker, 23 Aug. 2021
• When the home plate umpire does not call a check swing a swinging strike, the catcher can appeal to a base ump.
  — Jim Bowden, New York Times, 16 June 2026
• No more looking at the first- or third-base ump for a ruling on a check swing that’s at least 90 feet away.
  — Paul Sullivan, chicagotribune.com, 15 May 2021
• Why kill yourself, when the ump was probably going to call you out anyway?
  — Rich Cohen, WSJ, 22 June 2018
• Human umps call every pitch, but each team has the ability to challenge two calls per game.
  — Ronald Blum, Twin Cities, 23 Sep. 2025
• Home plate ump Nic Lentz slapped a pitch-clock violation on him.
  — Jayson Stark, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025