1.   I thought he was out, but the umpire called him safe.

2.   An umpire could call either an arbitrary strike or ball, depending on which party is exceeding the limit.

3.   And baseball is using high technology to analyze how its umpires are calling strikes and balls.

4.   At the plate, a batter for the Boll Weevils lays off a low pitch, and the umpire calls ball two.

5.   Because umpires are calling higher strikes, batters have expanded their hitting zone.

6.   Bernie Williams walked, but the Rangers pitcher Esteban Loaiza whiffed Tino Martinez on three pitches, exploiting the typically large strike zone being called by umpire John Hirschbeck.

7.   A young pitcher is facing Joe DiMaggio and he throws three close pitches which the umpire calls balls.

8.   After the race, Conner said that his team thought the umpires called it wrong.

9.   Alderson rejected the notion that he wanted umpires to call pitches other than what they are.

10.   But now the umpires are calling what amounts to an illegal strike.