I told the umpires to walk back at least thirty-five feet from home plate. That reduced the arguments."

I told the umpires to walk back at least thirty-five feet from home plate. That reduced the arguements.

We find we make each other's arguments,

I heard the arguments, and then the idea was to go home and work through the numbers, to see which was reasonable. They couldn't both be reasonable ? there was such a wide disparity.

The most cowardly thing in the world is blaming mistakes upon the umpires. Too many managers strut around on the field trying to manage the umpires instead of their teams.

Your job is to umpire for the ball and not the player.