by Amy Rosewater | Sep 1, 2021 | Latest News, Uncategorized
Major League Baseball (MLB) umpires are offering up close to 250 items including priceless, autographed sports memorabilia, rarely available specialty MLB logo caps and one-of-a-kind experiences during the 13th Annual UMPS CARE Charities Online Auction. The auction,...
by Amy Rosewater | Jun 10, 2022 | Uncategorized
Major League Baseball (MLB) umpires offered more than 300 items including priceless, autographed sports memorabilia, rarely available specialty MLB logo caps, and one-of-a-kind experiences during the 14th Annual UMPS CARE Charities Online Auction. The auction...
by Amy Rosewater | May 25, 2022 | Uncategorized
DONATE TO STARS AND STRIKES CAMPAIGN UMPS CARE Charities is proud to salute veterans who are training to become umpires through the Wounded Warrior Umpire Academy, and is raising funds to send these veterans and their families and friend to MLB ballparks across the...
by Amy Rosewater | Apr 25, 2022 | Uncategorized
At UMPS CARE, we have take our creed, Helping People Is An Easy Call, seriously. When we heard about softball umpire Kristi Moore getting punched in the face by an angry mom who was unhappy with a call on the field during a game for 12-year-olds, we wanted to show our...
by Amy Rosewater | Apr 18, 2022 | Latest News, Uncategorized
UMPS CARE Charities, the official philanthropy of the Major League Baseball Umpires, is proud to announce the addition of three new members to its Board of Directors: Duane Filey, Rhonda Pauls and Paul Vetrano. Duane Filey is currently serving as Chief of Staff to...
by Amy Rosewater | Apr 17, 2022 | Uncategorized
DONATE TODAY All of us at UMPS CARE Charities are so excited to announce the launch of our Stars & Strikes campaign! Proceeds from this campaign will send wounded veterans training to become umpires from the Wounded Warrior Umpire Academy to MLB games between...
by Amy Rosewater | Apr 16, 2022 | Uncategorized
As many of you have probably read, a Mississippi umpire was punched in the face by the mother of a player following a softball game for 12-year-old girls last Saturday. According to news reports, the umpire, a 10-year veteran, made a call when a player slid...
by Amy Rosewater | Mar 8, 2022 | Uncategorized
FLORIDA BOWLING DONATIONS ARIZONA BOWLING DONATIONS Minor League Baseball Umpires teamed up over Spring Training to bowl for a great cause in UMPS CARE Charities. It had been almost three years since these umpires took their talents to the bowling alleys, and these...
by Amy Rosewater | Feb 1, 2022 | Uncategorized
(Photo courtesy of Arianna Grainey) We are back! After a two-year hiatus due to the pandemic, UMPS CARE returned to the Legacy Golf Club in Phoenix with a roar for our 16th Annual Golf Classic! The sold-out event, with 180 golfers, was an incredible day on the links...
by Amy Rosewater | Jan 31, 2022 | Uncategorized
(Anthony Ucciferri, 2016 UMPS CARE All-Star College Scholarship recipient, 2021 graduate of Montclair State University, photo courtesy of Arianna Grainey) Anthony shared his story at the 16th Annual UMPS CARE Charities Golf Classic in Phoenix, Arizona, in front of...
by Amy Rosewater | Jan 1, 2022 | Uncategorized
Join us for our signature event that we are thrilled to say will once again be hosting our UMPS CARE Golf Classic on Saturday, January 29, 2022! Attending the Golf Classic is the perfect way for longtime donors to show support and the best way for new friends to truly...