Joe West has been the president of the World Umpires Association since April. (AP)
Umpires ratify labor agreement Members of the World Umpires Association voted on Monday to ratify a new five-year contract with Major League Baseball that will extend to Dec. 31, 2014. MLB's owners certified the deal this past Thursday during their joint meeting in nearby Paradise Valley. Full story >
MLB ump takes part in charity event Major League umpire Chris Guccione and a supporting cast of runners participated in the 2009 Baltimore Run for Bears on Saturday, an endeavor that raised $26,000 for the UMPS CARE Charities initiative. Full story >
Umps take time out, visit sick children UMPS CARE Charities, the official charity of Major League Baseball umpires, brought umpires Randy Marsh, Angel Hernandez, Marvin Hudson, Lance Barksdale and James Hoye -- along with Gapper, the mascot of the Cincinnati Reds -- to Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center to visit the young patients and try to brighten their day. Full story >
Umps, Angels bring smiles to local kids Children's Hospital of Orange County (CHOC) is about thirty miles outside of Los Angeles, but for a few hours on July 2 it might as well have been the City of Angels. Full story >
Umps bring smiles to Bay Area kids Four big league umpires and team mascots of the Giants and A's, as part of the UMPS CARE Charities, visited Children's Hospital Oakland on June 23 with a full Build-A-Bear Workshop experience for the patients. Full story >
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