31.   The second-base umpire had just called a balk on Irabu, and he felt the Japanese pitcher was trying to show him up with his animated actions.

32.   The umpire umpire calls a runner safe at second base.

33.   The umpire called a balk to advance the runners, and the AL tied the score.

34.   Then when the umpire calls the strike, it will be your fault.

35.   They will talk about how Roberto was provoked when the umpire called him a nasty name.

36.   Umpires would call pitches to the bottom of the kneecap, helping pitchers and reversing the trend toward more offense.

37.   When the home plate umpire, Angel Hernandez, called an outside pitch for the third strike, fans booed, then streamed for the exit.

38.   Yet the umpires rarely call the inside strike, adding to the frustration of the men on the hill.

39.   Philadelphia Phillies manager Larry Bowa was skeptical that umpires would call high strikes this year.

40.   As the two battled from the baseline, the umpire called a let when the wind blew a water bottle onto the court.