I have nothing new to add to this story, but it strikes me that any site called UmpBump needs to post video anytime a manager slugs an umpire. Either that, or we’d need to change the name of the blog. And it took me a week to think of “UmpBump.” So here’s the video.

While arguing a call made following a play at the plate in this afternoon’s Cubs-Pirates matchup, Carlos Zambrano (let’s face it, the man has some serious problems) nudged umpire Mark Carlson, earning him an ejection. But then Zambrano decided to give himself more authoritative powers and proceeded to eject Carlson in turn. I’m still debating [...]

Umpbump goes both ways. Wait. Let me rephrase. Umpbumpers are givers and takers. Still sounds wrong. One more time. A collision between player/manager and umpire does not necessarily have to be instigated by the player/manager. The inverse still holds true. There. Nothing sexy about that. Anyhow, it’s true. While most of us think of an [...]

The passion frequently displayed by Kevin Youkilis in the batter’s box has been a subject of amusement to fans. As hilarious spoof site Call of the Green Monster will amply demonstrate: Several Injured During Youkilis Strikeout-Related Temper Tantrum For Kevin Youkilis, every single at bat is an epic life-and-death struggle, with the fate of the [...]

In last night’s game at Yankee Stadium, Manny Ramirez took a pitch on a full count. It was high but borderline. Home plate umpire Tim McClelland is sometimes slow to make his calls, and sometimes too soft-spoken when he does. On this pitch, he appeared to say nothing—or at least, nothing readily audible—so Manny began [...]

Arguing balls and strikes is a no-no, and last night umpire Phil Cuzzi tossed White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen before the latter had taken his second step out of the dugout. But that didn’t stop Ozzie from giving Cuzzi an earful after getting “bumped”: var linkwithin_site_id = 36510; (function () { var elem = document.createElement(‘script’); [...]