51.   Sometimes, it seems, an umpire is as likely to inflame an argument with a player as the other way around.

52.   That umpire is the legislation the president will ask Congress to enact that would create binding arbitration by a three-person board.

53.   The Angels protested the game because of a call at third base Monday when no umpire was in the vicinity of the play.

54.   The Dodgers apparently will argue the umpires were wrong for calling the game without first requesting a public-address announcement warning fans of the possibility of a forfeit.

55.   The home plate umpire was Satch Davidson, a Houston resident since his retirement.

56.   The National League Championship Series umpires will be crew chief Bruce Froemming, Frank Pulli, Eric Gregg, Charlie Williams, Mike Winters and Jerry Layne.

57.   The other two AL umpires are not union members.

58.   The real-life umpire was the Nathan Hale of the sports world.

59.   The regular umpires are back.

60.   The point is, umpires are unwilling to relinquish their unrelenting grip on the game of baseball.