by Amy Rosewater | Aug 12, 2020 | Uncategorized
In a typical season, Major League Baseball umpires would visit kids undergoing hospital treatment to personally deliver the furry friends. However, as everyone knows, this year is anything but typical. Kids undergoing treatment are more isolated than ever as visitors...
by Amy Rosewater | Jul 31, 2020 | Uncategorized
Over the years, MLB umpires Tim Timmons and Todd Tichenor have been able to participate in various UMPS CARE Charities activities. They have visited hospitals and delivered Build-A-Bear furry friends to kids undergoing rigorous medical treatment. And they have taken...
by Amy Rosewater | Jul 26, 2020 | Event, Latest News
UMPS CARE Charities is hosting another edition of Steaks & Stories, but this time, we are kicking it old school! Join us THURSDAY, August 6th as we welcome retired Major League Baseball Umpires Gary Darling, Jim Joyce, Steve Rippley and Dale Scott – four...
by Amy Rosewater | Jul 7, 2020 | Uncategorized
Our umpires truly go the extra mile for kids. During the off-season, MLB umpire Chris Segal and Brennan Miller, a call-up umpire who has officiated 36 MLB games, participated in half marathons to raise money for our UMPS CARE Charities hospital program. This morning,...
by Amy Rosewater | Jun 19, 2020 | Uncategorized
It’s more likely to find MLB umpire Fieldin Culbreth with his family at a ballpark than at home – this season is different in many ways (Photo courtesy of Fieldin Culbreth) Fieldin “Cubby” Culbreth has found himself in a lot of memorable places during his...
by Amy Rosewater | Jun 16, 2020 | Uncategorized
For years, Major League Baseball umpires have taken time out during the season to visit sick children in hospitals and deliver Build-A-Bear Workshops to their bedside. In the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, however, and with no baseball being played, our umpires had...
by Amy Rosewater | May 22, 2020 | Uncategorized
Not even a pandemic can prevent the Major League Baseball umpires from participating in our UMPS CARE programs! We are so proud to share the work our umpires are doing in the community even though we have not started baseball this season. Usually, our umpires are...
by Amy Rosewater | May 14, 2020 | Latest News
Kris Engstrand is used to wearing a uniform, having served 23 years in the Stamford, Connecticut, police department, the last four years as union president. But the last few years, he has sported another uniform – that of a baseball uniform. And he has discovered that...
by Amy Rosewater | May 5, 2020 | Latest News
Major League Baseball umpire Greg Gibson wanted to do something for his hometown community of Boyd County in Kentucky, in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. He knew how tough things have been for the hospital workers on the front line. But his mother, Joyce, had...
by Amy Rosewater | Apr 30, 2020 | Event, Latest News
Major League Baseball umpires Phil Cuzzi, Tom Hallion, Adam Hamari and Todd Tichenor in an exclusive UMPS CARE presentation of “Steaks and Stories.” This sold-out event will provide the rare opportunity to hear behind-the-scenes baseball stories from an MLB crew. We...
