With replay cameras watching every call, it has become an increasingly stressful job — and baseball’s new rules will just make it harder.

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Of all the players, he spends the most time with the umpire in his position as catcher. He says he is rarely distracted by fans, parents, or friends — but has seen parents yell at the umpires.

A flood of new umpires will patrol games this season with 10 rookies replacing retiring veterans across Major League Baseball, MLB vice president Michael Hill said last month.It will be the big ...

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As long as the catcher does his job. Catchers are an umpire’s best friend — most of the time. A few times a year, a breaking ball in the dirt will bounce into the umpire’s solar plexus or groin.