Example sentences for: umpire

How can you use “umpire” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • He has to do everything--call pitches, throw out base-stealers, reposition infielders, chase down foul balls, calm pitchers, doctor the ball, establish a rapport with the umpire so he calls a big strike zone, chase bunts, run down toward first base to back up the throw from shortstop and, worst of all, guard home plate even if it means getting bowled over by charging opponents.

  • (The Federal Election Commission, apparently, is the umpire.)

  • Cubs second baseman Johnny Evers (of Tinkers-to-Evers-to-Chance fame) realized this, tracked down the ball (actually, people who were there say he got another ball from the dugout, since the original ball had disappeared into the crowd), grabbed an umpire, and stepped on second base, which in theory completed a force play on Merkle.

  • If all the world were playing holidays, Malcolm quotes, and blows the umpire's whistle.

  • A month or so before, in a game against Pittsburgh, Johnny Evers had tried the very same trick against a Pirate runner who had left the field at game's end, but that time the umpire had rejected his appeal.


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