Upset over “escalating verbal attacks” on its members, the World Umpires Association issued a statement and wore white wristbands in protest across Major League Baseball games on Saturday.

The World Umpires Associated, the union that represents Major League Baseball umpires, released a statement on Saturday announcing that umpires have started wearing white wristbands in collective ...

The umpires’ white wristband protest lasted just one day. The union ended its protest Sunday as a show of good faith after Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred agreed to meet with them ...

First base umpire Brian Knight wore a white wristband during the Royals’ game at Kauffman Stadium to draw attention to a protest by umpires around baseball. The umpires’ union decried ...

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Saturday afternoon, the MLB umpires union announced umpires around the league will wear white wristbands to protest an increase in verbal abuse from players around the league. The protest comes ...

Umpires across the league were wearing white wristbands, in sharp contrast to their usual dark-colored uniforms. The wristbands are a form of silent protest of “escalating attacks on umpires ...