LA Times Professionals Who Work From Home About a Quarter of the Time? Crossword Puzzle Answer from July 11, 2024

Professionals Who Work From Home About a Quarter of the Time? LA Times Crossword Clue Answer

Let’s find the answers to Professionals Who Work From Home About a Quarter of the Time? LA Times for the July 11, 2024 edition of LA Times crossword puzzle. Answer Contains 4 letters. Start with U and end with S, and the possible solutions are UPAS,USUS,UMPS.

Answer to the LA Times crossword clue Professionals Who Work From Home About a Quarter of the Time? featured in the LA Times puzzle is UMPS.

"UMPS" is a playful reference to umpires in sports, particularly baseball, who work from home plate for about a quarter of the time during a typical game. In baseball, umpires rotate positions throughout the game, with one umpire stationed at each base (first, second, and third) and one umpire at home plate.

The umpire at home plate is responsible for making crucial calls regarding balls, strikes, and other aspects of the game directly related to the batter and the pitcher. The phrase "professionals who work from home about a quarter of the time" humorously alludes to this rotation, implying that umpires spend approximately 25% of their time at home plate during a game.