Major league umpires have joined America’s growing list of solidarity movements and declared that some criticism crosses the line of even baseball decorum.
The umpiring crew working the game between the Texas Rangers and Chicago White Sox all wore white wristbands to protest “escalating verbal attacks” on umpires. The World Umpires Association, which represents major league umpires, also said it objected to what it called an inadequate response of the commissioner’s office to attacks.
“Right now I know so very little about it that I really don’t have much of a reaction,” Rangers manager Jeff Banister said.