EditorialYuji Ryuzaki, left, of the Ryuyukai softball team, speaks with an umpire before a game in suburban Tokyo, July 3, 2022. (Shiho Fukada/The New York Times)
EditorialChair umpire Kader Nouni during a quarterfinal match between Iga Swiatek and Jessica Pegula at the U.S. Open in New York on Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2022. (Hiroko Masuike/The New York Times)
EditorialA tennis umpire examines a tennis ball during a women’s singles match of the US Open, at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York, on Sept. 5, 2022. (Gabriela Bhaskar/The New York Times)
EditorialSerena Williams speaks to chair umpire, Carlos Ramos during her U.S. Open final loss to Naomi Osaka in Arthur Ashe Stadium at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York.
EditorialEach section of Tropicana Field’s roof carries a specific designation and has a ground rule attached to it for how an umpire should handle a ball hitting or being lodged there. ((Chip Litherland/The New York Times))
EditorialNovak Djokovic argues with the chair umpire during the French Open men’s final against Stefanos Tsitsipas in Paris, June 13, 2021. (Pete Kiehart/The New York Times)
EditorialNational League umpre Bill Klem, known as the Old Arbitrator, started in an era in which only one umpire was on the field. (Library of Congress via The New York Times)
EditorialMark Schumacher, a retired corrections officer and minor league umpire, has a yard full of Trump décor in Erie, Pa., Sept. 30, 2020. (Libby March/The New York Times)
EditorialA line umpire follows the ball as Naomi Osaka prepares to hit during her women's singles semifinals match against Jennifer Brady during the U.S. Open at Arthur Ashe Stadium in New York, Sept. 10, 2020. (Chang W. Lee/The New York Times)
EditorialDetroit Tigers outfielder Al Kaline is called out at second base by umpire Larry Knapp as New York Yankees second baseman Bobby Richardson makes a leaping throw to first to complete a double play in the first inning at Yankee Stadium on Aug. 7, 1955. (The New York Times)
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