#umpire

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

— Bill Klem

#job #player #umpire #your

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

I didn't mean to hit the umpire with the dirt, but I did mean to hit that bastard in the stands. ↗

— Babe Ruth

#dirt #hit #i #mean #stands

If either player abandon the game by quitting the table in anger, or in an otherwise offensive manner; or by momentarily resigning the game; or refuses to abide by the decision of the Umpire, the game must be scored against him. ↗

— Howard Staunton

#abide #against #anger #decision #either

Take pride in your work at all times. Remember, respect for an umpire is created off the field as well as on. ↗

— Ford Frick

#field #off #pride #remember #respect

I've never questioned the integrity of an umpire. Their eyesight, yes. ↗

— Leo Durocher

#humor #sports #umpires #humor

Boys, I'm one of those umpires that misses 'em every once in a while so if it's close, you'd better hit it. ↗

— Cal Hubbard

#close #every #hit #i #misses

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

Almost without exception, they are men who dreamed of athletic heroism as children; becoming umpires was their compromise with their own lack of talent. ↗

— Thomas Boswell

#umpires #dreams