by Amy Rosewater | Apr 2, 2023 | Event, Uncategorized
Instead of calling strikes, Minor League Baseball Umpires are going to be rolling strikes at their annual Spring Training charity bowling tournaments to support UMPS CARE Charities and our programs! Every year at Spring Training, MiLB Umpires take time away from the...
by Amy Rosewater | Nov 3, 2022 | Event, Latest News
On October 20, 2019, the Major League Baseball Umpire community lost one of its own – Eric Cooper, MLB Umpire #56. Coop’s legacy, however, remains very much alive. The UMPS CARE Charities 2nd Annual Eric Cooper Memorial Bowling Tournament Presented by the...
by Amy Rosewater | Sep 1, 2022 | Event, Latest News
Major League Baseball Umpires Bill Miller, Doug Eddings, and Roberto Ortiz who are working the Chicago White Sox-Kansas City series, took time out today to visit young patients at the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago and to deliver Build-A-Bear...
by Amy Rosewater | Aug 29, 2022 | Event, Latest News
2021 East Coast Classic winners pictured above – Nick Mull, Bill Rush, Mark Rowan-and Brian DeBrauwere – hope to repeat as champions. Early bird registration for the 2nd Annual UMPS CARE East Coast Classic ends THIS WEDNESDAY, August 31. It’s easy...
by Amy Rosewater | Oct 1, 2021 | Event, Latest News
All of us at UMPS CARE Charities and the family of Eric “Coop” Cooper are thrilled to announce that we have set a date for the 1st Annual Eric Cooper Memorial Bowling Tournament: Sunday, October 24, 2021, at Gameday Lanes (formerly Merle Hays Lanes) in Des...
by Amy Rosewater | Sep 12, 2021 | Event, Latest News
For the Upton family, officiating is a way of life. Clair Upton was entrenched in the world of calling baseball games and refereeing basketball games. His son, Randy, started working as an umpire when he was about 15 and this year marked his 25th season as a college...