umps
Ball-strike callers
Umps is the plural of ump, an informal shortening of umpire—the official who enforces rules and makes calls in baseball and other sports: The umps blew that call.
As a verb, umps means serves as umpire: He umps Little League games on weekends.
Crystallized carbon gemstone
- inningBaseball game segment
- plateFlat dish for food
- pitcherPouring vessel or hurler
- catcherMasked diamond position
batter · dugout · scoreboard · count · bases · tag · interference · balk
referee
Sports rule enforcer
out · strike · ball · fair · foul · ejection · appeal · overrule · play · judgment
diamond
Crystallized carbon gemstone
catcher · batter · dugout · scoreboard · count · bases · tag · interference · balk · lineup
fastpitch
Underhand speed softball variant
- slowpitchSoftball with mandatory arcs
- windmillRotating structure harnessing air
- underhandDeceptive and secret
infield · outfield · bases · diamond · league · tournament · rec · coed · batting · pitching
wicket
Small subsidiary entrance
stumped · boundary · howzat · no-ball · wide · over · innings · test match
umpsplayers
Game participants
contestants · participants · teams · disputants · appellants
- chair umpireMatch official on platform
- home plate umpireOfficial judging pitches
- umpire chairRaised seat for officiating
- home plate umpDiamond's chief official
- tennis umpireReferee for racket sport
- umpire signalsOfficial's gestural rulings