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Anyone interested in becoming a professional umpire and becoming eligible to work in the minor leagu...
JIM EVANS Brian Knight hustled over to third base where he's supposed to be but he doesn't have the tag-up cal...
BOB DAVIDSON The umpire was giving me four or five inches off the plate all day long, so I used it to my advantag...
ERIC SPIVEY![]()
To me, there is no more conscientious umpire in the Major Leagues than Jim Joyce. He gives you a hel...
TONY LA RUSSA After the game the plate umpire said Valle was around the plate with every pitch. He pitched well, e...
RICK MITCHELL You can't know what it's like to be a major league umpire unless you were a major league ump...
DOUG HARVEY Every umpire hired into the major leagues came from the minors. It's like being paid to go to school...
GEORGE YUND The umpire called him out at home, but I thought he was safe.
BILL BECKWITH I enjoyed hitting in the Major Leagues more than in the Minor Leagues. I didn't want to tell any...
WILLIE MCCOVEY I knew he was trying to hit me, ... I asked the umpire to do something about it, but he did nothing....
ANDY SLYKE I knew he was trying to hit me, ... I asked the umpire to do something about it, but he did nothing....
ANDY VAN SLYKE I thought it was a close play. I'll leave it up to the umpire to call.
ICHIRO SUZUKI![]()
I didn't even, like, look at it. It was close. I was just going to do what the umpire said,
JENNIFER CAPRIATI The umpire was kind of in my way. I should have told him to scoot over.
ANDREW MCCUTCHEN The wrong umpire made the initial call. It was my call and I had him leaving early.
BOB DAVIDSON Anyone who votes for McGowan is 100 percent right. He was a great umpire. He belongs in the Hall of ...
AL BARLICK Doug was a real inspiration to me, and one of the most passionate people I have ever met. Doug was c...
CHRIS DAVENPORT The umpire was a little uncomfortable with me, but I didn't pay much attention to him. I knew I had ...
WANDY RODRIGUEZ I was a fan of his as a young player; you know, Doug Harvey and him used to be a great pair on the M...
PAT QUINN I heard the umpire say, 'You better get going.
CORKY MILLER I thought I was a pretty good shortstop, but I also wanted to play in the major leagues.
RYNE SANDBERG The wrong umpire made the initial call. That's the plate umpire's call. I had it lined up. It's my c...
BOB DAVIDSON There were a few pitches, in my opinion, the umpire missed. That's when the rally really started. In...
JAVY LOPEZ![]()
She'll be evaluated like any other Double-A umpire. Major League Baseball has never attempted to inf...
MIKE FITZPATRICK![]()
Why are the umpires, the only two people on the field who aren't going to get grass stains on their...
KATHARINE WHITEHORN In case of dispute, the umpire shall throw it straight into the field.
JAMES NAISMITH![]()
Judges are like umpires. Umpires don't make the rules. They apply them. The role of an umpire an...
JOHN ROBERTS![]()
I never questioned the integrity of an umpire. Their eyesight, yes.
LEO DUROCHER![]()
A baseball fan is a spectator sitting 500 feet from home plate, who can see better than an umpire st...
SOURCE UNKNOWN![]()
A baseball fan is a spectator sitting 500 feet from home plate who can see better than an umpire s...
UNKNOWN![]()
I didn't mean to hit the umpire with the dirt, but I did mean to hit that bastard in the stands.
BABE RUTH![]()
Yeah, it looked like it was a good pitch. He hit his spot and obviously you think the catcher is goi...
VERNON WELLS I am primarily a lawyer. I would rather play in the game than be the umpire.
LEWIS F. POWELL, JR.![]()
There was a line call that didn't look so great. I went ballistic. Called the umpire a jerk. Wha...
JOHN MCENROE I was not bitter by not being allowed to play in the major leagues. I just said, 'The time has n...
BUCK LEONARD![]()
I was an umpire at little league softball games. I only lasted a few games because I wasn't one ...
KATE MCKINNON It was a swing. Our catcher caught it. Doug Eddings called him out and somewhere along the line, bec...
MIKE SCIOSCIA That's a three run error on the umpire.
CORY ANDERSON![]()
I didn't mean to hit the umpire with the dirt, but I did mean to hit that bastard in the stands.
BABE RUTH The wrong umpire made the initial call.
BOB DAVIDSON![]()
I am deeply saddened and shocked at the loss of umpire Wally Bell.
JOE TORRE It's uncanny, isn't it. It does seem to be, especially in this ball park. Most of the close calls go...
GREGG ZAUN That was (coach Paul) Molitor yelling at the umpire, not me. I just raised and said, 'What?' and he ...
RON GARDENHIRE The umpire was a little uncomfortable with me. I just didn't pay attention to it. The pitch was insi...
WANDY RODRIGUEZ He swung. He definitely swung. I don't know why the umpire didn't see that.
MARIANO RIVERA The rules only applied to
people who couldn’t afford different rules.
CAMERON STRACHER![]()
I came into the game when I broke into the major leagues, the minimum salary was seven thousand doll...
NOLAN RYAN My behavior was completely unacceptable. I want everyone to know that I recognize that it is never r...
DELMON YOUNG I wish I could have had a longer time in the major leagues. But I was very fortunate to be able to g...
BOB AYRAULT Their guys were swinging the bat, but the umpire had a strike zone I liked and things were working f...
COREY MACDONALD![]()
When I stepped into the box, I felt the at-bat belonged to me. Everybody else was there for my conve...
REGGIE JACKSON![]()
Paul's one thing was committing to forget about the past, to forge ahead into the future.
CRAIG GROESCHEL Your job is to umpire for the ball and not the player.
BILL KLEM He's not wild. He was around the strike zone, ... It's just that sometimes the umpire doesn't give h...
MELVIN MORA![]()
The system is in place whereby if an umpire cries off, or both as was the case here, those umpires a...
MARK WEBBER I remember telling some friends I thought he was a sure bet to make the major leagues. He was very f...
JOE NELSON![]()
The ultimate umpire of all things in life is -- fact.
AGNES C. LAUT![]()
Rules of society are nothing; ones conscience is the umpire.
MADAME DUDEVANT I believe the judge, as an umpire, at some level has to be concerned with the integrity of the proce...
BRIAN WICE The umpire didn't give me a pitch, the slider. Delgado hit a good pitch.
CARLOS MARTINEZ I thought the (seventh) game was finished and when I askedthe umpire, she confirmed it, ... Then the...
SHINOBU ASAGOE![]()
If an umpire misses a called third strike and the other side ends up scoring because of it, I'm ...
EARL WEAVER I know that there are no famous 'Doug Harvey plays.' And I'm proud of that.
DOUG HARVEY The umpire told me that he had been chirping the whole game.
TED SHIPLEY![]()
Most of the umpires, it's amazing: 98 percent of them will not hold a grudge. I always felt a co...
EARL WEAVER I was born and bred to be a great flirt.
CYBILL SHEPHERD Never wear a backward baseball cap to an interview unless applying for the job of umpire
DAN ZEVIN![]()
In the olden days, the umpire didn't have to take any courses in mind reading. The pitcher told ...
LEO DUROCHER People love to beat up on the poor umpire. It's like its own sport.
ART HERNANDEZ Do you have to be like a second-grade dropout to be an umpire? Did you go to school until you were 8...
ANDY RODDICK I could throw fastballs. That's the reason I could become a major leaguer. But the reason I did well...
CHAN HO PARK![]()
I think this the umpire who decide any one out or not out rather the umpires are in better position ...
RAHUL DRAVID Yes, I was in that game where George Brett hit that home run. Billy saw there was too much pine tar ...
BERT CAMPANERIS![]()
You argue with the umpire because there is nothing else you can do about it.
LEO DUROCHER I have not seen the TV replays, so I cannot say much about that. It is a decision taken by the umpir...
MAHENDRA DHONI That was a bad call. Even if he left the bag a little bit, it's a normal play here and he's a rookie...
CARLOS GARCIA It was so great for Doug to see the potential.
JACK EICK But pain may be a gift to us. Remember, after all, that pain is one of the ways we register in memor...
SUE MILLER![]()
What I wrote... wasn't crazy... or a bullshit... or nonsense... it was what I saw!
DEYTH BANGER I think Morgan is on the shortest list of the best players we've ever had here, ... I would have sai...
MIKE GILLESPIE The public wouldn't like the perfect umpire in every game. It would kill off baseball's grea...
BILLY EVANS I was born in Fayette County, over in Lexington, Kentucky, but I was raised most of my life in Paint...
CHRIS STAPLETON They must have made two good relay throws, ... I felt like I just beat it, and I'm pleased the umpir...
CHRIS BURKE It was a beautiful catch. She's done that twice this year, caught two of those sliding catches and p...
DON HOWARD![]()
Being an umpire is like being a king. It prepares you for nothing.
RON LUCIANO I kind of knew I stole it. I looked at the nearest umpire and he had the out sign, so I thought I so...
CHRIS DUFFY He did not ask for the third umpire to be consulted, but when he made that move and spoke to the off...
JEFF CROWE Doug just wanted me to shoot (a jumper). But I pump-faked (Tarpley) and drove by him. That was the o...
BILL HANZLIK We've moved on as a team. This is a good umpiring crew ? even the umpire that's gone through all of ...
MICKEY HATCHER![]()
I am the batsman and the bat, / I am the bowler and the ball, / The umpire, the pavilion cat, / The ...
ANDREW LANG![]()
Cardinal rule for all hitters with two strikes on them: Never trust the umpire.
ROBERT SMITH![]()
If Stephen King was a killer, he will be the best killer ever existed, check out his novels, check o...
DEYTH BANGER He recognized that it was hard being a black umpire, that there were times that people had nasty rac...
DIANA WILLIAMS The way I see it, an umpire must be perfect on the first day of the season and then get better every...
NESTOR CHYLAK A woman is like an umpire. She makes snap decisions and never reverses them.
VIKRANT PARSAI When I entered the pros, I was a young kid in the major leagues. I was 18 years old, right out of hi...
ALEX RODRIGUEZ It's not a pretty sight at the beach. But it only hurts when I go skiing. I'm less than 100 percent,...
BOBBY VALENTINE![]()
And the day came out... the mask was removed... and who was behind it?
...
No Face... a pe...
DEYTH BANGER I'm a great bowler. I was in a couple of leagues as a kid.
MATTHEW MORRISON An angry player can't argue with the back of an umpire who is walking away.
BILL KLEM
JIM EVANS Brian Knight hustled over to third base where he's supposed to be but he doesn't have the tag-up cal...
BOB DAVIDSON The umpire was giving me four or five inches off the plate all day long, so I used it to my advantag...
ERIC SPIVEY
To me, there is no more conscientious umpire in the Major Leagues than Jim Joyce. He gives you a hel... TONY LA RUSSA After the game the plate umpire said Valle was around the plate with every pitch. He pitched well, e...
RICK MITCHELL You can't know what it's like to be a major league umpire unless you were a major league ump...
DOUG HARVEY Every umpire hired into the major leagues came from the minors. It's like being paid to go to school...
GEORGE YUND The umpire called him out at home, but I thought he was safe.
BILL BECKWITH I enjoyed hitting in the Major Leagues more than in the Minor Leagues. I didn't want to tell any...
WILLIE MCCOVEY I knew he was trying to hit me, ... I asked the umpire to do something about it, but he did nothing....
ANDY SLYKE I knew he was trying to hit me, ... I asked the umpire to do something about it, but he did nothing....
ANDY VAN SLYKE I thought it was a close play. I'll leave it up to the umpire to call.
ICHIRO SUZUKI
I didn't even, like, look at it. It was close. I was just going to do what the umpire said, JENNIFER CAPRIATI The umpire was kind of in my way. I should have told him to scoot over.
ANDREW MCCUTCHEN The wrong umpire made the initial call. It was my call and I had him leaving early.
BOB DAVIDSON Anyone who votes for McGowan is 100 percent right. He was a great umpire. He belongs in the Hall of ...
AL BARLICK Doug was a real inspiration to me, and one of the most passionate people I have ever met. Doug was c...
CHRIS DAVENPORT The umpire was a little uncomfortable with me, but I didn't pay much attention to him. I knew I had ...
WANDY RODRIGUEZ I was a fan of his as a young player; you know, Doug Harvey and him used to be a great pair on the M...
PAT QUINN I heard the umpire say, 'You better get going.
CORKY MILLER I thought I was a pretty good shortstop, but I also wanted to play in the major leagues.
RYNE SANDBERG The wrong umpire made the initial call. That's the plate umpire's call. I had it lined up. It's my c...
BOB DAVIDSON There were a few pitches, in my opinion, the umpire missed. That's when the rally really started. In...
JAVY LOPEZ
She'll be evaluated like any other Double-A umpire. Major League Baseball has never attempted to inf... MIKE FITZPATRICK
Why are the umpires, the only two people on the field who aren't going to get grass stains on their... KATHARINE WHITEHORN In case of dispute, the umpire shall throw it straight into the field.
JAMES NAISMITH
Judges are like umpires. Umpires don't make the rules. They apply them. The role of an umpire an... JOHN ROBERTS
I never questioned the integrity of an umpire. Their eyesight, yes. LEO DUROCHER
A baseball fan is a spectator sitting 500 feet from home plate, who can see better than an umpire st... SOURCE UNKNOWN
A baseball fan is a spectator sitting 500 feet from home plate who can see better than an umpire s... UNKNOWN
I didn't mean to hit the umpire with the dirt, but I did mean to hit that bastard in the stands. BABE RUTH
Yeah, it looked like it was a good pitch. He hit his spot and obviously you think the catcher is goi... VERNON WELLS I am primarily a lawyer. I would rather play in the game than be the umpire.
LEWIS F. POWELL, JR.
There was a line call that didn't look so great. I went ballistic. Called the umpire a jerk. Wha... JOHN MCENROE I was not bitter by not being allowed to play in the major leagues. I just said, 'The time has n...
BUCK LEONARD
I was an umpire at little league softball games. I only lasted a few games because I wasn't one ... KATE MCKINNON It was a swing. Our catcher caught it. Doug Eddings called him out and somewhere along the line, bec...
MIKE SCIOSCIA That's a three run error on the umpire.
CORY ANDERSON
I didn't mean to hit the umpire with the dirt, but I did mean to hit that bastard in the stands. BABE RUTH The wrong umpire made the initial call.
BOB DAVIDSON
I am deeply saddened and shocked at the loss of umpire Wally Bell. JOE TORRE It's uncanny, isn't it. It does seem to be, especially in this ball park. Most of the close calls go...
GREGG ZAUN That was (coach Paul) Molitor yelling at the umpire, not me. I just raised and said, 'What?' and he ...
RON GARDENHIRE The umpire was a little uncomfortable with me. I just didn't pay attention to it. The pitch was insi...
WANDY RODRIGUEZ He swung. He definitely swung. I don't know why the umpire didn't see that.
MARIANO RIVERA The rules only applied to
people who couldn’t afford different rules.
CAMERON STRACHER
I came into the game when I broke into the major leagues, the minimum salary was seven thousand doll... NOLAN RYAN My behavior was completely unacceptable. I want everyone to know that I recognize that it is never r...
DELMON YOUNG I wish I could have had a longer time in the major leagues. But I was very fortunate to be able to g...
BOB AYRAULT Their guys were swinging the bat, but the umpire had a strike zone I liked and things were working f...
COREY MACDONALD
When I stepped into the box, I felt the at-bat belonged to me. Everybody else was there for my conve... REGGIE JACKSON
Paul's one thing was committing to forget about the past, to forge ahead into the future. CRAIG GROESCHEL Your job is to umpire for the ball and not the player.
BILL KLEM He's not wild. He was around the strike zone, ... It's just that sometimes the umpire doesn't give h...
MELVIN MORA
The system is in place whereby if an umpire cries off, or both as was the case here, those umpires a... MARK WEBBER I remember telling some friends I thought he was a sure bet to make the major leagues. He was very f...
JOE NELSON
The ultimate umpire of all things in life is -- fact. AGNES C. LAUT
Rules of society are nothing; ones conscience is the umpire. MADAME DUDEVANT I believe the judge, as an umpire, at some level has to be concerned with the integrity of the proce...
BRIAN WICE The umpire didn't give me a pitch, the slider. Delgado hit a good pitch.
CARLOS MARTINEZ I thought the (seventh) game was finished and when I askedthe umpire, she confirmed it, ... Then the...
SHINOBU ASAGOE
If an umpire misses a called third strike and the other side ends up scoring because of it, I'm ... EARL WEAVER I know that there are no famous 'Doug Harvey plays.' And I'm proud of that.
DOUG HARVEY The umpire told me that he had been chirping the whole game.
TED SHIPLEY
Most of the umpires, it's amazing: 98 percent of them will not hold a grudge. I always felt a co... EARL WEAVER I was born and bred to be a great flirt.
CYBILL SHEPHERD Never wear a backward baseball cap to an interview unless applying for the job of umpire
DAN ZEVIN
In the olden days, the umpire didn't have to take any courses in mind reading. The pitcher told ... LEO DUROCHER People love to beat up on the poor umpire. It's like its own sport.
ART HERNANDEZ Do you have to be like a second-grade dropout to be an umpire? Did you go to school until you were 8...
ANDY RODDICK I could throw fastballs. That's the reason I could become a major leaguer. But the reason I did well...
CHAN HO PARK
I think this the umpire who decide any one out or not out rather the umpires are in better position ... RAHUL DRAVID Yes, I was in that game where George Brett hit that home run. Billy saw there was too much pine tar ...
BERT CAMPANERIS
You argue with the umpire because there is nothing else you can do about it. LEO DUROCHER I have not seen the TV replays, so I cannot say much about that. It is a decision taken by the umpir...
MAHENDRA DHONI That was a bad call. Even if he left the bag a little bit, it's a normal play here and he's a rookie...
CARLOS GARCIA It was so great for Doug to see the potential.
JACK EICK But pain may be a gift to us. Remember, after all, that pain is one of the ways we register in memor...
SUE MILLER
What I wrote... wasn't crazy... or a bullshit... or nonsense... it was what I saw! DEYTH BANGER I think Morgan is on the shortest list of the best players we've ever had here, ... I would have sai...
MIKE GILLESPIE The public wouldn't like the perfect umpire in every game. It would kill off baseball's grea...
BILLY EVANS I was born in Fayette County, over in Lexington, Kentucky, but I was raised most of my life in Paint...
CHRIS STAPLETON They must have made two good relay throws, ... I felt like I just beat it, and I'm pleased the umpir...
CHRIS BURKE It was a beautiful catch. She's done that twice this year, caught two of those sliding catches and p...
DON HOWARD
Being an umpire is like being a king. It prepares you for nothing. RON LUCIANO I kind of knew I stole it. I looked at the nearest umpire and he had the out sign, so I thought I so...
CHRIS DUFFY He did not ask for the third umpire to be consulted, but when he made that move and spoke to the off...
JEFF CROWE Doug just wanted me to shoot (a jumper). But I pump-faked (Tarpley) and drove by him. That was the o...
BILL HANZLIK We've moved on as a team. This is a good umpiring crew ? even the umpire that's gone through all of ...
MICKEY HATCHER
I am the batsman and the bat, / I am the bowler and the ball, / The umpire, the pavilion cat, / The ... ANDREW LANG
Cardinal rule for all hitters with two strikes on them: Never trust the umpire. ROBERT SMITH
If Stephen King was a killer, he will be the best killer ever existed, check out his novels, check o... DEYTH BANGER He recognized that it was hard being a black umpire, that there were times that people had nasty rac...
DIANA WILLIAMS The way I see it, an umpire must be perfect on the first day of the season and then get better every...
NESTOR CHYLAK A woman is like an umpire. She makes snap decisions and never reverses them.
VIKRANT PARSAI When I entered the pros, I was a young kid in the major leagues. I was 18 years old, right out of hi...
ALEX RODRIGUEZ It's not a pretty sight at the beach. But it only hurts when I go skiing. I'm less than 100 percent,...
BOBBY VALENTINE
And the day came out... the mask was removed... and who was behind it?...
No Face... a pe...
DEYTH BANGER I'm a great bowler. I was in a couple of leagues as a kid.
MATTHEW MORRISON An angry player can't argue with the back of an umpire who is walking away.
BILL KLEM
There has been nothing more impactful on my life and meaningful to me than the introduction of Chris... 
Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definit... 
I'm actually a very shy person. You'd be surprised how many leaders are shy. They're not... 
We take people to the threshold of religion. Our aim is to induce immediate experience that is beyon... 
I've learned never to expect people to be better than they are, but to always have faith that th... 
In a climate of tight budgets, reduced workforces and stiff competition, internal training can be a ... 
Anyone with a smart phone is a potential eyewitness cameraman capturing and transmitting stories at ... 
I'd have to say I'm most proud of my mentoring camp that I do in Dallas every year for one h... 
Burst down those closet doors once and for all, and stand up and start to fight. 
You must come out. Come out... to your parents... I know that it is hard and will hurt them, but thi... 
Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition ... 
You put a baby in a crib with an apple and a rabbit. If it eats the rabbit and plays with the apple,... 
In times like these, it helps to recall that there have always been times like these. 
Everything in moderation -- including moderation. 
I don't care how good you play, you can find somebody who can beat you, and I don't care how bad you... 
No one ever went broke by saying no too often. 
There is a lust in man no charm can tame: Of loudly publishing his neighbor's shame: On eagles wings... 
The sale begins when the customer says yes. 
The way I see things, the way I see life, I see it as a struggle. And there's a great deal of reward... 
Sermons remain one of the last forms of public discourse where it is culturally forbidden to talk ba... 
You get the best out of others when you get the best out of yourself. 
Like carnivores to carnal pleasuresAs are we to desperate measures. 
[The heart] is the household divinity which, discharging its function, nourishes, cherishes, quicken... 
When I was a kid, back in the '40s, I was a voracious comic book reader. And at that time, there... 
Then I heard this genius teacher Stella Adler - I recommend you read anything you might find about h... 
One vote. That's a big weapon you have there, Mister. In 1948, just one additional vote in each ... 
A physician is obligated to consider more than a diseased organ, more even than the whole man - he m... 
If a bullet should enter my brain, let that bullet destroy every closet door. 
Ever since I made tomorrow my favorite day, I've been uncomfortable looking back. 
The capacity of man himself is only revealed when, under stress and responsibility, he breaks throug... 
I have seen some crazy people do some crazy things on my variety show. I have to stop and ask them a... 
You can find heroism everyday, like guys working terrible jobs because they've got to support th... 
There is a lust in man no charm can tame: Of loudly publishing his neighbor's shame: On eagles wing... 