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Bill Klem

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An angry player can't argue with the back of an umpire who is walking away.


— Bill Klem


#argue #away #back #player #umpire

Baseball is more than a game to me, it's a religion.


— Bill Klem


#game #me #more #religion #than

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


— Bill Klem


#feet #home #home plate #i #least

It ain't nothin' till I call it.


— Bill Klem


#i #nothin #till

That guy in a twenty-five cent bleacher seat is as much entitled to know a call as the guy in the boxes. He can see my arm signal even if he can't hear my voice.


— Bill Klem


#boxes #call #cent #entitled #even

The best umpired game is the game in which the fans cannot recall the umpires who worked it.


— Bill Klem


#cannot #fans #game #recall #umpires

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.


— Bill Klem


#blaming #cowardly #field #instead #manage

There are one-hundred fifty-four games in a season and you can find one-hundred fifty-four reasons why your team should have won every one of them.


— Bill Klem


#fifty-four #find #games #one-hundred #reasons

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


— Bill Klem


#job #player #umpire #your






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William Joseph Klem born William Joseph Klimm (February 22 1874 – September 16 1951) known as the "father of baseball umpires" was a National League umpire in Major League Baseball from 1905 to 1941. No other umpire has worked in more than ten Series. See also

List of Major League Baseball umpires.

William Joseph Klem born William Joseph Klimm (February 22 1874 – September 16 1951) known as the "father of baseball umpires" was a National League umpire in Major League Baseball from 1905 to 1941. Finally he was the last umpire to work the plate exclusively (traditionally the crew chief always worked the plate; today umpire crews rotate base/plate assignments). He was the first to straddle foul lines and stand to the catcher's side for better perspective.

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