Umpiring behind home plate, Tom Roche calls a strike during a Sea Dogs game against the New Hampshire Fisher Cats on May 9. Gregory Rec/Staff Photographe)
Tom Roche puts a golf club bag in the back of a van while arranging gear after a Sea Dogs game May 9. The umpire crew traveled to Hartford, Connecticut, for their next round of games. Gregory Rec/Staff Photographer
Umpires Matt Carlyon, right, and Tom Roche arrange the gear in their van. Gregory Rec/Staff Photographer
Umpires Tom Roche, behind home plate, and Matt Carlyon, in the infield, watch a pitch thown by Brian Ellington to batter Nash Knight during a Sea Dogs game against the New Hampshire Fisher Cats on May 9. Gregory Rec/Staff Photographer
Tom Roche, a minor league umpire from Connecticut, watches a ball come in from Fisher Cats pitcher Patrick Murphy to batter Jake Romanski during a Sea Dogs game May 9. Gregory Rec/Staff Photographer
Umpiring at home plate, Tom Roche, a minor league umpire from Connecticut, calls a strike during a Sea Dogs game against the New Hampshire Fisher Cats on May 9. The three umpires rotate through the home plate, first base and third base positions every game. Gregory Rec/Staff Photographer
Umpiring at home plate, Tom Roche calls a strike while Fisher Cats catcher Riley Adams throws the ball back to the pitcher and batter Jake Romanski knocks dirt from his cleat in a Sea Dogs game at Hadlock Field on May 9. Gregory Rec/Staff Photographer
Tom Roche sweeps off home plate before the start of an inning. Gregory Rec/Staff Photographer
Tom Roche watches as Sea Dogs catcher Jake Romanski catches a pitch during warmups. Gregory Rec/Staff Photographer
Tom Roche pulls a sandwich from a bag while he and Matt Carlyon, center, and Jacob Metz eat lunch in the lobby of the Holiday Inn Express in South Portland on May 8. Gregory Rec/Staff Photographer
Tom Roche eats lunch in the lobby of the Holiday Inn Express in South Portland on May 8. The minor league umpires spend most of their time on the road, traveling as far west as Ohio and south to Virginia. Gregory Rec/Staff Photographer
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