Umpires Gary Cederstrom, Jim Wolf, and Fieldin Culbreth were joined by the Oriole Bird at Johns Hopkins Medical Center. (Photo/Marcus Chacona)
Umpires, Orioles build smiles UMPS CARE Charities returned to where it all started, visiting the Johns Hopkins Children's Center in Baltimore on June 10 with the loveable Oriole Bird and distributing Build-A-Bears and smiles to the patients and their families. Full story >
Umpires dive in with Slider in Cleveland UMPS CARE Charities visited Cleveland for the first time on May 27, but the result was more of the same: more stuffed animals, more love shared, and more happy faces from both the patients and the umpires. Full story >
Umps, Phanatic help provide a little fun UMPS CARE Charities and the Phillie Phanatic combined to bring a memorable day to patients at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia on May 26. Umpires John Hirschbeck, Wally Bell, Marty Foster and Marvin Hudson joined forces with the furry green Phanatic to distribute Build-A-Bears to the sick children, including many "Build-A-Phanatics." Full story >
Umps meet with teens in Toronto On Saturday, a 16-year-old named Ankit got a chance to step on the FieldTurf at Rogers Centre an hour before his favorite Blue Jays player, Adam Lind, was to do the same. Full story >