Over his 50 years as an umpire, Bruce Lazaruk tries his best not to be seen on the baseball diamond. But that doesn't mean he ...

“I gave them a little showmanship and the crowd loved it,” he later recalled of his flamboyant way of calling balls and strikes. . Umpire mask worn by Emmett Ashford, the first African ...

SEATTLE -- Umpire Jim Wolf was pulled for precautionary reasons during the fifth inning of Wednesday's game between the Kansas City Royals and Seattle Mariners after taking a foul ball off his ...

has followed in his father’s footsteps and has become one of the area’s top umpires. The elder Lazaruk has some simple advice for anyone who is thinking about putting on the mask and chest ...