MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) -- Being a major league umpire is a thankless job. People are yelling at them on the field. They get hit by foul balls. Now they've got video replays overturning their calls. But a team of umpires got plenty of smiles Tuesday when they stopped at Children's Wisconsin.  

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The crew that's working the Brewers-Pirates series went to the hospital to deliver Build-A-Bear stuffed toys for the kids. These guys have their own charity organization called "UMPS CARE," and they make visits to hospitals to cheer up children who are undergoing treatment. 

After Tuesday's visit at Children's Wisconsin, the umps have now delivered more than 25,000 fuzzy friends to kids around the country.

"It's awesome," said umpire James Hoye. "It's awesome. Just to give them a chance to smile about something that -- you know, sometimes their days aren't filed with smiles, and down here, they get to smile...the girl over there was hitting the ball off the tee, like it's just, it feels great."

Those same umps will put their work clothes back on to call Game 2 of the Brewers-Pirates series at American Family Field Tuesday night.

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